Opportunities and challenges of China's inquiry-based education reform in middle and high schools: Perspectives of science teachers and teacher educators

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-503

  Zhang, Baohui ^a   Krajcik, Joseph S ^b   Sutherland, Leeann M ^b   Wang, Lei ^c   Wu, Junming ^d   Qian, Yangyi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese science teacher; Education reform; Inquiry based science; Teacher beliefs; The nature of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644391533     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-005-1517-8     Document Type: Review

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