'I'm teaching, but I'm not really a teacher'. Teaching assistants and the construction of professional identities in Hong Kong schools

Educational Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-47

  Trent, John ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

discourse analysis; teacher identity; teaching assistants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894283147     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2013.874147     Document Type: Article

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