microLESSONS in teacher education: Examining pre-service teachers' pedagogical beliefs

Computers and Education

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 474-494

  Lim, Cher Ping ^a   Chan, Bee Choo ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Institute of Technical Education   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Constructivist learning environment; Pedagogical beliefs; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

CONSTRUCTIVIST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PEDAGOGICAL BELIEFS; TEACHER EDUCATION;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751223514     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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