Promoting issues-based STSE perspectives in science teacher education: Problems of identity and ideology

Science and Education

Volumn 17, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 941-960

  Pedretti, Erminia G ^a   Bencze, Larry ^a   Hewitt, Jim ^a   Romkey, Lisa ^a   Jivraj, Ashifa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Issues based education; Multimedia case methods; Science teacher education; STSE education

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249133117     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-006-9060-8     Document Type: Review

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