Investigating the integration of everyday phenomena and practical work in physics teaching in Vietnamese high schools

International Education Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-50

  Ng, Wan ^a   Van Nguyen, Thanh ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HaTinh Teachers' Training College   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Learning using contexts; Practical work; Vietnamese high school physics teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745892604     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 14431475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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