Changes in attitudes towards science - Technology - Society of pre-service science teachers

Research in Science Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-279

  Kaya, Osman Nafiz ^a   Yager, Robert ^b   Dogan, Alev ^c  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards science technology society issues; Science teacher education; Science technology society

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949107566     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-008-9084-y     Document Type: Article

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