Is teaching a discipline? Implications for teaching and teacher education

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-203

  Loughran, John ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discipline of teaching; Pedagogy; Teacher education; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849108480     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540600902875290     Document Type: Article

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