What is diversity? An inquiry into preservice teacher beliefs

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-329

  Silverman, Sarah K ^a  

^a See Forever Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicultural education; Social context; Structural modeling; Teacher education development; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953705171     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831210365096     Document Type: Article

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