Implications of student teachers' implementation of a curricular innovation

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 310-328

  Wright, Steven ^a,d   McNeill, Michael ^b   Fry, Joan ^b,e   Tan, Steven ^b   Tan, Clara ^b   Schempp, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Practicum; Tactical games approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745993360     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: 15432769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.25.3.310     Document Type: Article

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