Measuring teacher beliefs about alternative curriculum designs

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-248

  Cheung, Derek ^a   Wong, Hin Wah ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Curriculum Design; Curriculum Orientations; Measurement Techniques; Questionnaires; Surveys; Teacher Beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 59149090282     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585170210136868     Document Type: Article

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