Culturally-sensitive factors in teacher trainees' learning environments

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-181

  Dhindsa, Harkirat S ^a   Fraser, Barry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian studies; cultural factors; gender differences; learning environment; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344561328     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LERI.0000037200.79892.e5     Document Type: Article

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