Teacher resilience in urban schools: The importance of technical knowledge, professional community, and leadership opportunities

Urban Education

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 913-931

  Yonezawa, Susan ^a   Jones, Makeba ^a   Singer, Nancy Robb ^b  

^a Dept 0036   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

professional resilience; teacher resiliency; teacher retention; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051753296     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085911400341     Document Type: Article

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