Social and Cultural Foundations of American Education
by Patrick O'Shea, Dwight Allen, Peter Baker
Publisher: Wikibooks 2012
Description:
The major objective of this combined effort of a dedicated group of professional collaborators was to plan a series of research initiatives to study the outcomes of this unprecedented, innovative approach to the introduction of students to the profession of teaching.
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