Teaching Science in Higher Education: Faculty Professional Development and Barriers to Change

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 246-257

  Sunal, Dennis W ^a   Hodges, Jeanelle ^b   Sunal, Cynthia S ^a   Whitaker, Kevin W ^a   Freeman, L Michael ^a   Edwards, Leo ^c   Johnston, Ronald A ^c   Odell, Michael ^d  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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EID: 25644436085     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2001.tb18027.x     Document Type: Article

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