Mandated curriculum change and a science department: A superficial language convergence?

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1185-1199

  Melville, Wayne ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Curriculum research; Educational improvement; Learning; Science curriculum; Teacher attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449130693     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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