Seeing it from both sides: Reasons for withdrawing from one-year secondary postgraduate certificate in education courses

Teacher Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 373-390

  Chambers, Gary N ^a   Coles, Janet ^a   Roper, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009596321     PISSN: 13664530     EISSN: 17475120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13664530200200185     Document Type: Article

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