The importance of job resources and self-efficacy for beginning teachers' professional learning in differentiated instruction

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-41

  De Neve, Debbie ^a   Devos, Geert ^a   Tuytens, Melissa ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beginning teachers; Differentiated instruction; Professional learning communities; Teacher autonomy; Teacher self efficacy; Teachers' professional learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920286896     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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