Awareness of societal issues among high school biology teachers teaching genetics

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 437-457

  Lazarowitz, Reuven ^a   Bloch, Ilit ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atrocities and holocaust; Eugenics theories; Societal issues; Teaching genetics; Values moral ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644507767     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-005-0220-4     Document Type: Article

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