An exploration for a critical practicum pedagogy: Dialogical relationships and reflections among a group of student teachers

Educational Action Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-360

  Tessema, Kedir Assefa ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dialogical relationship; Hypothetical alternative courses of action; Practicum; Reflection; Student teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249110313     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790802260299     Document Type: Article

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