Educators' conceptions of student diversity in their classes

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 961-974

  Gordon, Sue ^a   Reid, Anna ^a   Petocz, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptions; Diversity; Phenomenography; Teacher education; University teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649582983     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070903414305     Document Type: Article

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