Understanding first year university students: Personal epistemology and learning

Teaching Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-256

  Walker, Sue ^a   Brownlee, Joanne ^a   Lennox, Sandra ^a   Exley, Beryl ^a   Howells, Kerry ^b   Cocker, Fiona ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epistemological beliefs; First year experience; Personal epistemology; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249099667     PISSN: 10476210     EISSN: 14701286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10476210802559350     Document Type: Article

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