Professional identity tensions of beginning teachers

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 660-678

  Pillen, Marieke ^a,b   Beijaard, Douwe ^a   Den Brok, Perry ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WINDESHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beginning teachers; Professional identity; Professional identity development; Tensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886724357     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2013.827455     Document Type: Article

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