Student teachers’ experiences of initial teacher preparation in england: Core themes and variation

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-433

  Hobson, Andrew J ^a   Malderez, Angi ^b   Tracey, Louise ^a   Giannakaki, Marina ^a   Pell, Godfrey ^b   Tomlinson, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Initial teacher preparation; Relationships; Relevance; Student teacher; Teacher identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013062481     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520701809825     Document Type: Article

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