"Don't rock the boat": Conflicting mentor and pre-service teacher narratives of professional experience

Australian Educational Researcher

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-226

  Patrick, Rachel ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mentor teachers; Mentoring; Practicum; Pre service teachers; Professional experience; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877033503     PISSN: 03116999     EISSN: 22105328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13384-013-0086-z     Document Type: Article

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