Teachers' styles of thinking: An exploratory study

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-55

  Zhang, Li Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Teachers; Teaching styles; Thinking styles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TEACHING; THINKING;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEACHING; THINKING;

EID: 40449099366     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.142.1.37-56     Document Type: Article

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