'We don't question whether we can do this': Teacher identity in two co-teachers' narratives

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 302-313

  Rytivaara, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 84863859000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14749041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2012.11.2.302     Document Type: Article

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