Prospective teachers' conceptions of teaching and learning revealed through metaphor analysis

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-139

  Saban, Ahmet ^a   Kocbeker, Beyhan Nazli ^a   Saban, Aslihan ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conceptions of teaching and learning; Gender; Metaphor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947724163     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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