Are we producing teaching technicians or science educators? The consequences of differential demands on trainee science teachers

Educational Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-54

  Finlayson, H ^a   Lock, R ^a   Soares, A ^a   Tebbutt, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039982261     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013191980500105     Document Type: Article

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