National curriculum: Compulsory school science - Is it improving scientific literacy?

Educational Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-199

  Murphy, Colette ^a   Beggs, Jim ^b   Hickey, Ivor ^b   O'Meara, Jim ^b   Sweeney, John ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b a College of Queen s University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National curriculum; Primary science; Science education; Scientific literacy; Secondary science; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035373906     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880010021294     Document Type: Article

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