Pre-service science teachers' understandings of an environmental issue: Ozone layer depletion

Ekoloji

Volumn 18, Issue 69, 2008, Pages 51-58

  Bahar, Mehmet ^a   Bag, Hüseyin ^b   Bozkurt, Orçun ^c  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Environment; Misconceptions; Ozone layer; Pre service science teacher

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; OZONE DEPLETION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

EID: 58149154488     PISSN: 13001361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5053/ekoloji.2008.697     Document Type: Article

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