Lifting the taboo regarding teleology and anthropomorphism in biology education - Heretical suggestions

Science Education

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 679-697

  Zohar, Anat ^a   Ginossar, Shlomit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0032335977     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199811)82:6<679::AID-SCE3>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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