Towards a re-conceptualization of teachers' self-efficacy beliefs: tackling enduring problems with the quantitative research and moving on

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 166-189

  Wyatt, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

qualitative and mixed methods research designs; quantitative; teacher education; teachers' self efficacy beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893949292     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2012.742050     Document Type: Article

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