Three perspectives on linking the cognitive and the emotional in science learning: Conceptual change, socio-constructivism and poststructuralism

Studies in Science Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-115

  Zembylas, Michalinos ^a,b  

^a INTERCOLLEGE   (Cyprus)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44949234655     PISSN: 03057267     EISSN: 19408412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057260508560215     Document Type: Note

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