Applicability of the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale to educators teaching innovative programs

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 634-642

  Tsigilis, Nikolaos ^a   Grammatikopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Koustelios, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077460     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540710822229     Document Type: Article

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