Effects of teaching ethical issues on Korean school students' attitudes towards science

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-30

  Choi, Kyunghee ^a   Cho, Hee Hyung ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attitude; Effects of teaching science ethics; Ethical issues; Science ethics; Teaching science ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036918274     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2002.9655842     Document Type: Article

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