An examination of pre-service teachers' attitudes towards the inclusion of development education into Irish post-primary schools

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1332-1339

  McCormack, Orla ^a   O'Flaherty, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Active learning; Development education; Initial teacher education; Post primary schooling; Pre service teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953812058     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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