Elementary school teachers' sense of efficacy for character education

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-53

  Milson, Andrew J ^a   Mehlig, Lisa M ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character education; Teacher education; Teacher efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036750671     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670209598790     Document Type: Article

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