W(h)ither the sense of wonder of pre-service primary teachers' when teaching science?: A preliminary study of their personal experiences

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1958-1964

  Stolberg, Tonie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pre service; Primary; Science; Wonder

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849141083     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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