The Impact on final year pre-service secondary teachers of a unit in teaching literacy and numeracy across the curriculum

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 54-63

  White, Paul ^a   Cranitch, Maya ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77957970282     PISSN: 1835517X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14221/ajte.2010v35n7.5     Document Type: Article

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