Tracing a Beginning Elementary Teacher's Development of Identity for Science Teaching

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 223-240

  Avraamidou, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

beginning elementary teachers; longitudinal case study; science education; teacher identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898881244     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487113519476     Document Type: Article

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