Teachers' Pedagogical Beliefs at Commercial Schools-An Empirical Study in Germany

Accounting Education

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 489-514

  Seifried, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

accounting education; commercial schools; conceptions of teaching and learning; domain specific beliefs; Teachers' pedagogical beliefs; vocational education training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868290788     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2012.661606     Document Type: Article

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