Initial epistemological beliefs transformation in one teacher education classroom: Case study of four preservice teachers

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1238-1248

  Tanase, Madalina ^a   Wang, Jian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual change; Epistemological beliefs; Preservice teachers; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953812087     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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