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Why Teacher Trainees Choose the Teaching Profession: Comparing Trainees in Metropolitan and Developing Countries

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Bastick, T. Why Teacher Trainees Choose the Teaching Profession: Comparing Trainees in Metropolitan and Developing Countries. International Review of Education 46, 343–349 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004090415953

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