Who is responsible for preparing science teachers?

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5786, 2006, Pages 445-446

  Otero, Valerie ^a   Finkelstein, Noah ^a   McCray, Richard ^a   Pollock, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

K-12 TEACHERS; TRANSFORMATION OF SCIENCE COURSES; UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

BIOLOGY; CAREER; CERTIFICATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; LEADERSHIP; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SCIENCE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; WORK SCHEDULE; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

BOULDER; COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; CURRICULUM; FACULTY; SCIENCE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33746638330     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1129648     Document Type: Review

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