Preservice teachers' sense of preparedness and self-efficacy to teach in America's urban and suburban schools: Does context matter?

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 357-365

  Siwatu, Kamau Oginga ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culturally responsive education; Preservice teacher education; Self efficacy; Teacher education; Teacher self efficacy; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651368127     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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