Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2009

Full Length Research Paper

Teacher trainers’ and trainees’ perceptions, practices, and constraints to active learning methods: The case of English Department in Bahir Dar University

Berhanu Engidaw
  • Berhanu Engidaw
  • Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 29 August 2014
  •  Accepted: 22 September 2014
  •  Published: 23 October 2014

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