Australian and Chinese teacher efficacy: Similarities and differences in personal instruction, discipline, guidance efficacy and beliefs in external determinants

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-323

  Ho, Irene T ^a   Hau, Kit Tai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Factor structure; Measurement; Self efficacy; Teacher efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842810241     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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