Understanding teachers' professional identity and beliefs in the Chinese heritage language school in the USA

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-60

  Wu, Hsu Pai ^a   Palmer, Deborah K ^a   Field, Sherry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Heritage language education; Heritage language teacher; Professional identity; Teachers' beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952710886     PISSN: 07908318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2010.545413     Document Type: Article

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