Promoting early career teacher resilience: A framework for understanding and acting

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 530-546

  Johnson, Bruce ^a   Down, Barry ^b   Le Cornu, Rosie ^a   Peters, Judy ^a   Sullivan, Anna ^a   Pearce, Jane ^b   Hunter, Janet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

early career teachers; teacher commitment; teacher effectiveness; teacher resilience; teacher retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907996695     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2014.937957     Document Type: Conference Paper

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