Embracing philosophy and raising the standard of pre-service teacher education programs

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Spooner-Lane, Rebecca, Curtis, Elizabeth and Mergler, Amanda. 2010. "Embracing philosophy and raising the standard of pre-service teacher education programs." Lovat, Terence, Toomey, Ron and Clement, Neville (ed.) International research handbook on values education and student wellbeing. Dordrecht, Netherlands. Springer. pp. 377-394

Chapter Title	Embracing philosophy and raising the standard of pre-service teacher education programs
Book Chapter Category	Edited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID	3337
Book Title	International research handbook on values education and student wellbeing
Authors	Spooner-Lane, Rebecca (Author), Curtis, Elizabeth (Author) and Mergler, Amanda (Author)
Editors	Lovat, Terence, Toomey, Ron and Clement, Neville
Page Range	377-394
Chapter Number	23
Number of Pages	18
Year	2010
Publisher	Springer
Place of Publication	Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN	9789048186747
	9789048186754
Web Address (URL)	https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789048186747
Keywords	pre-service teachers; teacher education
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators
Public Notes	File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author.
Byline Affiliations	Queensland University of Technology
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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