Change in beliefs after first-year of teaching: The case of Turkish national curriculum context

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-302

  Haser, Çiǧdem ^a   Star, Jon R ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Beginning teachers; Beliefs; Mathematics teaching; National curriculum; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CURRICULUM; MATHEMATICS; STUDENT; TEACHER TRAINING; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 63949086433     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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