Mentoring and learning to teach: What do pre-service teachers expect to learn from their mentor teachers?

International Journal of Learning

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 117-132

  Ambrosetti, Angelina ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Learning to teach; Mentoring; Pre service teachers; Professional placements

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955909476     PISSN: 14479494     EISSN: 14479540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1447-9494/cgp/v17i09/47254     Document Type: Article

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