'Teaching could be a fantastic job but...': Three stories of student teacher withdrawal from initial teacher preparation programmes in England

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-129

  Chambers, Gary N ^a   Hobson, Andrew J ^b   Tracey, Louise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career changers; Dropout; Initial teacher preparation; Pre service teacher education; Professional education; Student teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953119442     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540600903475652     Document Type: Article

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