Choosing to teach in the "STEM" disciplines: Characteristics and motivations of science, technology, and mathematics teachers from Australia and the United states

Teacher Education: Policy, Practice and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 285-309

  Watt, Helen M G ^a   Richardson, Paul W ^a   Pietsch, James ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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