Bridging the gap: Needs assessment of science teacher in-service education in Turkey and the effects of teacher and school demographics

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-456

  Ogan Bekiroglu, Feral ^a,b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sengul Sokak Sarikonak   (Turkey)

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EID: 35148849068     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607470701603274     Document Type: Article

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