Meeting the highly qualified teachers challenge

Educational Research for Policy and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-194

  Toh, Kok Aun ^a   Ho, Boon Tiong ^a   Riley, Joseph P ^a   Hoh, Yin Kiong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Pedagogical content knowledge; Reasons for teaching; Subject matter knowledge; Teacher preparation; Teacher quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846344594     PISSN: 15702081     EISSN: 15731723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10671-006-9008-4     Document Type: Article

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