‘I am not the teacher!’: Some effects of remodelling the roles of teaching assistants in english primary schools

Education 3-13

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-231

  Butt, Graham ^a   Lance, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher level teaching assistant; Modernisation; Remodelling; Teaching assistant

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649277149     PISSN: 03004279     EISSN: 14757575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004270802349430     Document Type: Article

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