Are we prepared?: An assessment of preservice science teacher educators' beliefs about nature of science

Science Education

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1113-1143

  Irez, Serhat ^a,b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Goztepe Kampusu   (Turkey)

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EID: 33750715716     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20156     Document Type: Article

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