Educational policy or practice? Traversing the conceptual divide between subject knowledge, pedagogy and teacher identity in England

European Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-101

  Woolhouse, Clare ^a   Cochrane, Matt ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communities of practice; science teacher trainees

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032068994     PISSN: 02619768     EISSN: 14695928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2014.921154     Document Type: Article

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