Pre-service teachers' perception of teaching games for understanding: A Hong Kong perspective;Perception des enseignants stagiaires de la méthode d'enseignement des jeux comme vecteur de compréhension: Étude de cas à Hong Kong

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-429

  Wang, Carrie Lijuan ^a   Ha, Amy ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Perception; Physical education; Pre service teachers; Tgfu

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954636594     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X09364724     Document Type: Article

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