Teacher education lesson observation as boundary crossing

International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-103

  Lofthouse, Rachel ^a   Wright, David ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary crossing; Design study; Lesson observation; Mentoring; Practitioner enquiry; Pre service teacher education; Teachers; United Kingdom; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900396136     PISSN: 20466854     EISSN: 20466862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20466851211262842     Document Type: Article

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