Cross-nationally comparative results on teachers' qualification, beliefs, and practices

Expertise in Mathematics Instruction: An International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 295-325

  Vieluf, Svenja ^a   Klieme, Eckhard ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conceptions of teaching; Cross cultural; International comparisons; Mathematics teachers; Teacher beliefs; Teacher quality; Teaching practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884625875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7707-6_14     Document Type: Chapter

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