Repositioning mentoring as educative: Examining missed opportunities for professional learning

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 68, Issue , 2017, Pages 127-133

  Trevethan, Helen ^a   Sandretto, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85032882770     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2017.08.012     Document Type: Article

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