High-stakes examination preparation that controls teaching: Chinese prospective teachers' conceptions of excellent teaching and assessment

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 541-556

  Chen, Junjun ^a   Brown, Gavin T L ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

assessment; beliefs and attitudes; Chinese education; prospective teachers; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887123731     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2013.836338     Document Type: Article

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