Born not made: The nativist myth and teachers' thinking

Teacher Development

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-124

  Scott, Catherine ^a   Dinham, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expertise; Teacher attributes; Teacher cognition; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649116107     PISSN: 13664530     EISSN: 17475120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13664530802038105     Document Type: Article

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