'Now I think of myself as a physics teacher': Negotiating professional development and shifts in self-identity

Reflective Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 607-618

  Woolhouse, Clare ^a   Cochrane, Matt ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Professional development; Science teachers; Teacher identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960264835     PISSN: 14623943     EISSN: 14701103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2010.516972     Document Type: Article

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