Supporting the professional development of teaching assistants: Classroom teachers' perspectives on their mentoring role

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-407

  Burgess, Hilary ^a   Mayes, Ann Shelton ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Primary school teaching assistants; Professional development; Trainee teachers; Workforce reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549278932     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585170701590056     Document Type: Article

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