Becoming scientific and becoming professional: Towards moderating rationalism in the initial teacher education curriculum

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-197

  Ovens, Peter ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Teacher Education Primary Science Technical Rationalism Professional Autonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038062258     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585170050045191     Document Type: Article

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