Student teachers' professional identity formation: Between being born as a teacher and becoming one

Educational Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-378

  Schepens, Annemie ^a   Aelterman, Antonia ^a   Vlerick, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Personality; Professional identity; Student teacher; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952805118     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690802648317     Document Type: Article

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