Gene literacy education in Japan - Fostering public understanding through practice of hands-on laboratory activities in high schools

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-346

  Oto, Michiei ^a   Ono, Michiyuki ^b   Kamada, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Tokyo Technical College   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene literacy; pGLO; Public understanding; Recombinant DNA laboratory practice for secondary education; Scientific literacy education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746048822     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.23.339     Document Type: Article

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