Comparing the content and sources of the pedagogical beliefs of Chinese and American pre-service teachers

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-171

  He, Ye ^a   Levin, Barbara B ^a   Li, Yongning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Personal practical theory; Pre service teachers; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952975451     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2011.558270     Document Type: Article

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