Impact of Life Skills Training on Teachers' Perceived Environment and Self-Efficacy

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 144-155

  Shechtman, Zipora ^a   Levy, Merav ^a   Leichtentritt, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Faculty training; Life skills; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144263251     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.98.3.144-155     Document Type: Article

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