Contextualising the notion of 'belief enactment'

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-46

  Skott, Jeppe ^a,b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

A social turn; Belief research; Belief practice relationships; Contexts; Mathematics teachers; Novice teachers; Social practice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749092730     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-008-9093-9     Document Type: Article

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