Exploring the educational beliefs of primary education student teachers in the Chinese context

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-425

  Sang, Guoyuan ^a   Valcke, Martin ^b   Tondeur, Jo ^b   Zhu, Chang ^c   van Braak, Johan ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chinese education; Educational beliefs; Primary education; Student teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867017207     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-012-9206-0     Document Type: Article

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