Learning (not) to become a teacher: A qualitative analysis of the job entrance issue

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Rots, Isabel ^a   Kelchtermans, Geert ^b   Aelterman, Antonia ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Case studies; School culture; Student teaching; Teacher motivation; Teacher supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455171990     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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