Critical aspects of student teachers' conceptions of learning

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 705-714

  Paakkari, L ^a   Tynjala P ^a   Kannas, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conceptions; Critical aspect; Learning; Phenomenography; Student teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051806986     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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