Understanding new teachers' professional identities through metaphor

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 762-769

  Thomas, Lynn ^a   Beauchamp, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Metaphors; New teachers; Professional identity; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952452614     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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