Attitudes to diversity: A cross-cultural study of education students in Spain, England and the United States

European Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-264

  Cardona Moltó, M Cristina ^a   Florian, Lani ^b   Rouse, Martyn ^b   Stough, Laura M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Cultural differences; Pre service teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954741217     PISSN: 02619768     EISSN: 14695928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2010.495771     Document Type: Article

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