Mathematics teaching life histories in the study of teachers' perceptions of change

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 765-783

  Polettini, Altair F F ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; In service; Mathematics; Mathematics teaching life history; Perception; Teacher change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034393366     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(00)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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