Teacher beliefs, teacher characteristics, and school contextual factors: What are the relationships?

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 270-288

  Rubie Davies, Christine M ^a   Flint, Annaline ^a   McDonald, Lyn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; READING; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CULTURE; FACULTY; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; READING; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEACHING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84860991879     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02025.x     Document Type: Article

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