Educative experiences and early childhood science education: A Deweyan perspective on learning to observe

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 536-549

  Howes, Elaine V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Dewey; Elementary school science; Elementary teacher education; Science process skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449087997     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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