“As long as I am still here working, I must be committed to start a degree” a case study on teacher professional development in a refugee settlement in Uganda

Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää, millaisia ammatilliseen kehittymiseen liittyviä kokemuksia on opettajilla, jotka asuvat ja työskentelevät eräällä Ugandan suurimmista pakolaisleireistä. Opettajien ammatillista kehittymistä ei ole tutkittu riittävästi maailman hauraimmissa olosuhteissa, j...

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Main Author: Front, Pinja
Other Authors: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/67534
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