'Teach as you preach': The effects of student-centred versus lecture-based teaching on student teachers' approaches to teaching

European Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-64

  Struyven, Katrien ^a   Dochy, Filip ^a   Janssens, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Approaches to teaching; Instructional design; Internships; Lectures; Pre service teacher education; Student centred teaching methods; Teaching practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749094741     PISSN: 02619768     EISSN: 14695928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02619760903457818     Document Type: Article

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