Motivation beliefs of secondary school teachers in Canada and Singapore: A mixed methods study

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1919-1934

  Klassen, Robert M ^a   Chong, Wan Har ^b   Huan, Vivien S ^b   Wong, Isabella ^b   Kates, Allison ^a   Hannok, Wanwisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Canada; Cross cultural; Mixed methods; Self efficacy; Singapore; Teacher motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649098896     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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