Gaps or bridges in multicultural teacher education: A Q study of attitudes toward student diversity

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-37

  Yang, Yan ^a   Montgomery, Diane ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Multicultural teacher education; Q methodology; Student diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868343095     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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