Literacy metaphors of pre-service teachers: Do they change after instruction? Which metaphors are stable? How do they connect to theories?

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-92

  Shaw, Donita Massengill ^a   Mahlios, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Literacy beliefs; Literacy methods; Literacy theories; Metaphors; Pre service teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751610479     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2011.538274     Document Type: Article

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