Conceptions and beliefs about “good teaching”: an integration of contrasting research areas

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-26

  Entwistle, Noel ^a   Skinner, Don ^a   Entwistle, Dorothy ^a   Orr, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85066211537     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360050020444     Document Type: Article

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