Do beginning teachers receive adequate support from their headteachers?

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-231

  Menon, Maria Eliophotou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

beginning teachers; headteachers; induction; mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857832067     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143211427981     Document Type: Article

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