Relationship between secondary science teachers' orientation to traditional culture and beliefs concerning science instructional ideology

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-355

  Shumba, Overson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

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EID: 0040882953     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199903)36:3<333::AID-TEA7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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