Educating student teachers to become high quality professionals - A finnish case

Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-66

  Niemi, Hannele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Active learning; Professional development; Student teachers; Teacher education; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878255989     PISSN: 18559719     EISSN: 22322647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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