Science education for democratic citizenship through the use of the history of science

Science and Education

Volumn 17, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 977-997

  Kolstø, Stein Dankert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

History of science; Nature of science; Post academic science; Science curriculum; Science education for citizenship; Socioscientific issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249161145     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-007-9084-8     Document Type: Review

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