Thriving not just surviving: A review of research on teacher resilience

Educational Research Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 185-207

  Beltman, Susan ^a   Mansfield, Caroline ^b   Price, Anne ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early career teachers; Literature review; Resilience; Teacher education; Teacher resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255199258     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2011.09.001     Document Type: Review

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