Teachers' cultural differences: Case studies of geography teachers in Brisbane, Changchun and Hong Kong

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-193

  Lam, Chi Chung ^a   Lidstone, John ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Geography teaching; Teacher decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949183946     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03029254     Document Type: Article

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