Finnish cooperating physics teachers' conceptions of physics teachers' teacher knowledge

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 431-450

  Asikainen, Mervi A ^a   Hirvonen, Pekka E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Physics teacher education; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952289052     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-010-9187-y     Document Type: Article

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