The forced autonomy of mathematics teachers

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 227-257

  Skott, Jeppe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Classroom research; Constructivism; Mathematics teaching; Socio cultural theory; Teacher qualifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543047390     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EDUC.0000017670.35680.88     Document Type: Article

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