Teacher education as identity construction: Insights from action research

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-168

  Trent, John ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Pre service teachers in action research; Teacher identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949552401     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607471003651672     Document Type: Article

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