How do teachers reason about their practice? Representing the epistemic nature of teachers' practical knowledge

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1520-1529

  Gholami, Khalil ^a   Husu, Jukka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Practical argument; Teacher practical knowledge; Teachers' knowledge; Teachers' thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84755160607     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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