Teaching practice and the personal and socio-professional development of prospective teachers

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 240-254

  Schoeman, S ^a   Mabunda, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Contextual supervision model; Dimensions of becoming a teacher; Initial teacher education; Learning to teach; Personal and socio professional development; Student teachers; Teaching practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865817219     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v32n3a581     Document Type: Article

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