Gaining insights into teachers' ways of thinking via metaphors

Educational Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-335

  Seferoǧlu, Gölge ^a   Korkmazgil, Sibel ^a   Ölçü, Zeynep ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

In service teachers; Metaphors; Pre service teachers; Teacher cognition; Teacher education; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449377630     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690802648135     Document Type: Article

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