Coping strategies for adaptation to new teacher appointments: Intervention for retention

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-146

  Sharplin, Elaine ^a   O'neill, Marnie ^a   Chapman, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rural and remote; Teacher socialisation; Teacher stress; Teacher worklife

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649325476     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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