The relationships among Singaporean preservice teachers' ICT competencies, pedagogical beliefs and their beliefs on the espoused use of ICT

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-400

  Chai, Ching Sing ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology (ICT); Pedagogical beliefs; Preservice teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649766078     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3860/taper.v19i3.1849     Document Type: Article

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