Teachers' views on understanding evolutionary theory: A PCK-study in the framework of the ERTE-model

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-267

  van Dijk, Esther M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nature of science; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Pre scientific conceptions; Teacher education; Theory of evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 59149084075     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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