Pre-service teachers' reflections during field experience

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-434

  Al Hassan, Omayya ^a   Al Barakat, Ali ^b   Al Hassan, Yazid ^c  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c Ministry of Education   (Jordan)

Author keywords

childhood education; field experience; reflective journals; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865972579     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2012.707918     Document Type: Article

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