Re-designing science pedagogy: Reversing the flight from science

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-235

  McWilliam, Erica ^a   Poronnik, Philip ^b   Taylor, Peter G ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Creative pedagogies; Innovation; Science education; Scientific literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649097585     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-008-9092-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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