Teachers' conceptions of teaching, and the making of specific decisions in planning to teach

Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-214

  Eley, Malcolm G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptions of teaching; Detailed teaching planning; Teacher conceptions; Teacher thinking; Teaching planning decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744450431     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6382-9     Document Type: Article

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