'I'm a TA not a PA!': Teaching assistants working with teachers

Key Issues for Teaching Assistants: Working in Diverse and Inclusive Classrooms

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 73-83

  Anderson, Vikki ^a   Finney, Maggie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84905774938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203933480     Document Type: Chapter

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