Images of Nature in Greek Primary School Textbooks

Science Education

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-89

  Korfiatis, Kostas J ^a   Stamou, Anastasia G ^b   Paraskevopoulos, Stephanos ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 2142764367     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.10133     Document Type: Article

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