Pedagogical renewal: Improving the quality of classroom interaction in Nigerian primary schools

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-69

  Hardman, Frank ^a   Abd Kadir, Jan ^a   Smith, Fay ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom interaction; Pedagogy; Sub Saharan Africa; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TEACHER TRAINING; TEACHING;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 36549071486     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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