Beginning teachers' transition from pre-service education to working life: Theoretical perspectives and best practices

Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-33

  Tynjälä, Päivi ^a   Heikkinen, Hannu L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beginning teachers; Mentoring; Novice teachers; Teacher induction; Transition from education to work; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051761934     PISSN: 1434663X     EISSN: 18625215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11618-011-0175-6     Document Type: Article

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