Changing personal epistemologies in early childhood pre-service teachers using an integrated teaching program

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 477-490

  Brownlee, Jo ^a   Petriwskyj, Anne ^a   Thorpe, Karen ^a   Stacey, Phillip ^a   Gibson, Megan ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

early childhood care and education; epistemological beliefs; interdisciplinary teaching; personal epistemology; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858642757     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2010.518952     Document Type: Article

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