“Coming Into My Own as a Teacher”: Identity, Disequilibrium, and the First Year of Teaching

New Educator

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 274-292

  Cook, Jennifer S ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84857244362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15499243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1547688X.2009.10399580     Document Type: Article

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