Secondary teachers' conceptual metaphors of teaching and learning: Changes over the career span

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 743-751

  Alger, Christianna L ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Teacher beliefs; Teachers' conceptions of teaching and learning; Teaching metaphors

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349273638     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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