The professional agency of teacher educators amid academic discourses

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-102

  Hökkä, Päivi ^a   Eteläpelto, Anneli ^a   Rasku Puttonen, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

discourse analysis; professional agency; research based teacher education; researcher identity; teacher educator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856924588     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2012.643659     Document Type: Article

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