Connecting does not necessarily mean learning: Course handbooks as mediating tools in school-university partnerships

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 465-476

  Douglas, Alaster Scott ^a   Ellis, Viv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cultural historical activity theory; handbooks; mediation; student teacher learning; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755176868     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487111413605     Document Type: Article

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