Museum experience - A resource for science teacher education

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-70

  Chin, Chi Chin ^a  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Museum settings; Pre service science teacher; Science teacher education; Teaching methods course

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844457858     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:ijma.0000026536.75034.34     Document Type: Article

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