Exploring teacher self-efficacy for inclusive practices in three diverse countries

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-44

  Malinen, Olli Pekka ^a   Savolainen, Hannu ^a   Engelbrecht, Petra ^b   Xu, Jiacheng ^c   Nel, Mirna ^d   Nel, Norma ^e   Tlale, Dan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Inclusive education; International; Mastery experiences; Self efficacy; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875242207     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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