Student teachers' ways of experiencing the objective of health education as a school subject: A phenomenographic study

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 941-948

  Paakkari, L ^a   Tynjala P ^a   Kannas, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conceptions; Phenomenography; School subject health education; Student teacher; Ways of experiencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649342721     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.10.035     Document Type: Article

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