Preservice teachers' instructional beliefs and examination of consistency between beliefs and practices

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1173-1199

  Ogan Bekiroglu, Feral ^a   Akkoç, Hatice ^a  

^a Atatürk E itim Fakültesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Classroom practice; Constructivist teaching; Instructional beliefs; Pre service science teachers; Pre service teacher education; Teacher belief; Traditional teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549104780     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-009-9157-z     Document Type: Article

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