The challenge of altering elementary school teachers' beliefs and practices regarding linguistic and cultural diversity in science instruction

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1269-1291

  Lee, Okhee ^a   Luykx, Aurolyn ^b   Buxton, Cory ^a   Shaver, Annis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Classroom research; Elementary; General science

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

LINGUISTICS; NATURAL SCIENCES; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 36448983252     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20198     Document Type: Article

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