Singapore teachers' Personal and General Efficacy for teaching primary social studies

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-222

  Wilson, Peter ^a   Tan, Geok Chin Ivy ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Singapore; Social studies; Teacher Efficiacy; Teachers

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; TEACHING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

ILEX COOKII;

EID: 17444420704     PISSN: 10382046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10382040408668516     Document Type: Article

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