Reinterpreting and reconstructing science: Teachers' view changes toward the nature of science by courses of science education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-375

  Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Nature of science; Science education; Science teacher education; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344446337     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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