Pathways to Teacher Certification: Does It Really Matter When It Comes to Efficacy and Effectiveness?

Action in Teacher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 96-109

  Tournaki, Nelly ^a   Lyublinskaya, Irina ^a   Carolan, Brian V ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84855564727     PISSN: 01626620     EISSN: 21586098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01626620.2009.10734455     Document Type: Article

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