What Is Reflection? Looking for Clarity in an Ambiguous Notion

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 261-271

  Clarà, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

reflection; teacher knowledge; teacher research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930341736     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: 15527816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487114552028     Document Type: Article

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