Dimensions of diversity: Challenges to secondary school teachers with implications for intercultural teacher education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 732-741

  Yuen, Celeste Y M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Intercultural Development Inventory; Intercultural sensitivity; Secondary school teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549127605     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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