Feminist critique of developmentalism:What's in it for teachers?

Theory and Research in Education

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-326

  Spatig, Linda ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

developmentalism; feminism; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032069609     PISSN: 14778785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477878505057431     Document Type: Article

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