Paradigms, perspectives and dichotomies amongst teacher educators in Hong Kong

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-332

  Katyal, Kokila Roy ^a   Pang, Ming Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building teacher knowledge; Confucian heritage cultures; Pedagogical content knowledge of teacher educators; Perceptions and beliefs of teacher educators; Role modelling; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954606537     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2010.497395     Document Type: Article

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