Views from the trenches: Beginning teachers’ perceptions about their professional development

Journal of In-Service Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-430

  Bezzina, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

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EID: 85009433220     PISSN: 13674587     EISSN: 17475082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674580601024515     Document Type: Article

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