Struggling to promote deeply rooted change: The "filtering effect" of teachers' beliefs on understanding transformational views of teaching science

Science Education

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-159

  Yerrick, Randy ^a   Parke, Helen ^a   Nugent, Jeff ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039560316     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199704)81:2<137::AID-SCE2>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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