Investigating pre-service teacher motivation across cultures using the Teachers' Ten Statements Test

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 579-588

  Klassen, Robert M ^a   Al Dhafri, Said ^b   Hannok, Wanwisa ^a   Betts, Shea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Canada; Career choice; Cross cultural; Motivation; Oman; Pre service teachers; Socio cultural; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451471467     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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