To Be or Not to Be? the 'Publish or Perish' Syndrome for English Teacher Educators in China

Frontiers of Education in China

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 526-543

  Chunmei, Yan ^a   Chuanjun, He ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

publish or perish; research publications; support mechanisms; teacher effort

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000796956     PISSN: 1673341X     EISSN: 16733533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3868/s110-004-015-0039-0     Document Type: Article

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