A case study on German first year chemistry student teachers' beliefs about chemistry teaching, and their comparison with student teachers from other science teaching domains

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-34

  Markic, Silvija ^a   Eilks, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemistry teacher education; German first year chemistry teachers; Grounded theory; Science student teachers' beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549112417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b801288c     Document Type: Article

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