From ideal to practice and back again: Beginning teachers teaching for social justice

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-247

  Agarwal, Ruchi ^a   Epstein, Shira ^b   Oppenheim, Rachel ^c   Oyler, Celia ^c   Sonu, Debbie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Teachers College ^*  (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Social justice; Teacher education; Teacher reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951842447     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487109354521     Document Type: Article

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