Career changers and fast-track induction: Teacher perspectives on their early professional development

Teacher Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-35

  Griffiths, Vivienne ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graduate teacher programme; Mature career changers; Socio cultural learning; Teachers' professional development; Work based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953035101     PISSN: 13664530     EISSN: 17475120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13664530.2011.555222     Document Type: Article

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