Pre-service teacher education students' epistemological beliefs and their conceptions of teaching

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 319-327

  Cheng, May M H ^a   Chan, Kwok Wai ^a   Tang, Sylvia Y F ^a   Cheng, Annie Y N ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Conceptions of teaching; Epistemological beliefs; Knowledge acquisition; Pre service teachers; Teaching strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 59149096365     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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