The good teacher and good teaching: Comparing beliefs of second-grade students, preservice teachers, and inservice teachers

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-92

  Murphy, P Karen ^a   Delli, Lee Ann M ^b   Edwards, Maeghan N ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RL Stevenson Elementary School   (United States)

Author keywords

Student beliefs; Teacher beliefs; Teacher education; Teacher knowledge; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842589597     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.72.2.69-92     Document Type: Article

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