Student teachers' ways of experiencing the teaching of health education

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 905-920

  Paakkari, Leena ^a   Tynjälä, Paivi ^a   Kannas, Lasse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conceptions; Phenomenography; School subject health education; Student teacher; Teaching; Ways of experiencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649605472     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070903383229     Document Type: Article

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