Research on teaching practicum – a systematic review

European Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 392-407

  Lawson, Tony ^a   Çakmak, Melek ^b   Gündüz, Müge ^c   Busher, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

mentoring; pre service teachers; school based training; systematic review; teaching practicum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937402125     PISSN: 02619768     EISSN: 14695928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2014.994060     Document Type: Article

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