Family background, entry selectivity and opportunities to learn: What matters in primary teacher education? An international comparison of fifteen countries

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-55

  Blömeke, Sigrid ^a   Suhl, Ute ^a   Kaiser, Gabriele ^b   Döhrmann, Martina ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Opportunities to learn; Pre service teacher education; Teacher education effectiveness; Teacher knowledge; Value added model

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455179470     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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