Who withdraws from initial teacher preparation programmes and why?

Educational Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-340

  Hobson, Andrew J ^a   Giannakaki, Marina Stefania ^b   Chambers, Gary N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ATINER Institute   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Initial teacher preparation; Student teachers; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953105961     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880903156906     Document Type: Article

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