Exploring teachers' beliefs about teaching knowledge: Where does it come from? Does it change?

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-408

  Buehl, Michelle M ^a   Fives, Helenrose ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemic beliefs; Pedagogical knowledge; Pedagogical knowledge beliefs; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649535615     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.77.4.367-408     Document Type: Article

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