Engaging students: The role of teacher beliefs and interpersonal teacher behavior in fostering student engagement in vocational education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-32

  Van Uden, Jolien M ^a   Ritzen, Henk ^b   Pieters, Jules M ^c  

^a Regional College for Vocational Education and Training of Twente   (Netherlands)

^b SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Interpersonal teacher behavior; Self efficacy; Student engagement; Teacher knowledge; Teacher student relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884734452     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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