Teachers' meanings: Transcending the cultural context

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-262

  Kemp, Sandra ^a  

^a TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

Author keywords

conceptions of teaching; culture; exploratory factor analysis; teachers' meanings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875123114     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770802220439     Document Type: Article

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