Pre-service and beginning teachers' professional identity and its relation to dropping out of the profession

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1530-1543

  Hong, Ji Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pre service teacher education; Teacher attrition; Teacher emotion; Teachers' professional development; Teachers' professional identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951898713     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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