Consonance and dissonance between Turkish prospective teachers' values and practices: Conceptions about teaching, learning, and assessment

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 27-48

  Eren, Altay ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 77955356623     PISSN: 1835517X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14221/ajte.2010v35n3.3     Document Type: Article

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