Preparing future teachers for diverse schools in an online learning community: Perceptions and practice

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 204-211

  Schrum, Lynne ^a   Burbank, Mary D ^b   Capps, Rosemary ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diverse classrooms; Online courses; Teacher preparation

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; TEACHING;

DIVERSE CLASSROOMS; ONLINE COURSES; TEACHER PREPARATION;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 34548444471     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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