Vocational teachers' pathways in the course of a curriculum reform

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-312

  Vähäsantanen, Katja ^a   Eteläpelto, Anneli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agency; Curriculum reform; Longitudinal studies; Professional identity; Vocational education teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052880248     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2011.557839     Document Type: Article

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