Beyond the dichotomy of teacher- versus student-focused education: A survey study on physics teachers' beliefs about the goals and pedagogy of physics education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-101

  Belo, Nelleke A H ^a   van Driel, Jan H ^a   van Veen, Klaas ^a   Verloop, Nico ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Goals; Pedagogy; Physics education; Regulation; Student learning; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892861600     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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