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Chapter 1 - Why Teach?

How Teachers’ Motivations Matter around the World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2017

By
Helen M. G. Watt ,
Paul W. Richardson  and
Kari Smith
Edited by
Helen M. G. Watt ,
Paul W. Richardson  and
Kari Smith
Helen M. G. Watt
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Paul W. Richardson
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
Kari Smith
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
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Global Perspectives on Teacher Motivation , pp. xv - xvi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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