Contested discourses of teacher professionalism: Current tensions between education policy and teachers' union

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 815-833

  Mausethagen, Sølvi ^a   Granlund, Lise ^a  

^a Senter for profesjonsstudier   (Norway)

Author keywords

education policy; teacher professionalism; teachers' union

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869186179     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2012.672656     Document Type: Article

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