Socio-scientific issues and the quality of exploratory talk—what can be learned from schools involved in a ‘collapsed day’ project?

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-453

  Harris, Richard ^a   Ratcliffe, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship education; Collapsed day; Exploratory talk; Science education; Socio scientific issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249168975     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585170500384396     Document Type: Article

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