Caught with their constructs down? teaching development in the pre-tenure years

International Journal for Academic Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-241

  Simmons, Nicola ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic identity; New faculty; Personal construct theory; Role construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052526263     PISSN: 1360144X     EISSN: 14701324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360144X.2011.596706     Document Type: Article

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