Myths about teaching and the university professor: The power of unexamined beliefs

Improving Teacher Education Practice through Self-study

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 193-207

  Louie, Belinda Y ^a   Stackman, Richard W ^a   Drevdahl, Denise ^a   Purdy, Jill M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203018637-18     Document Type: Chapter

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