Teachers' beliefs and intentions concerning teaching in higher education

Higher Education

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 537-571

  Norton, Lin ^a   Richardson, T E ^b   Hartley, James ^c   Newstead, Stephen ^d   Mayes, Jenny ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approaches to teaching; Beliefs about teaching; Conceptions of teaching; Teaching context; Teaching intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 26244439647     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6363-z     Document Type: Review

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