Understanding mainland Chinese students' motivations for choosing teacher education programmes in Hong Kong

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-159

  Gao, Xuesong ^a   Trent, John ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

English medium tertiary education; Mainland Chinese students; Motivation; Pre service student teachers; The biographic method

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549112306     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607470902771037     Document Type: Article

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