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Teacher Development
An international journal of teachers' professional development
Volume 28, 2024 - Issue 2
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Research Articles

Primary school teachers’ sense of professional agency and inadequacy in teacher–student interaction

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Pages 278-296 | Received 02 Dec 2021, Accepted 30 May 2023, Published online: 26 Dec 2023

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