Teacher's conceptions of excellent teaching in middle school in the North of China

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 288-297

  Chen, Junjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conceptions; Teachers' cognition; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949086821     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03029263     Document Type: Article

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