Representations of scientists in canadian high school and college textbooks

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1059-1082

  Van Eijck, Michiel ^a   Roth, Wolff Michael ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biology; College university; Nature of science (NOS); Socioscientific issues; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

TEXTBOOKS;

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY; DO-MAINS; HIGH SCHOOLS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NATURE OF SCIENCE (NOS); QUALITATIVE ANALYSES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES; RHETORICAL STRUCTURES; SMALL COMMUNITIES; SOCIOSCIENTIFIC ISSUES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 55349099168     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20259     Document Type: Article

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