Science teachers' beliefs and practices: Issues, implications and research agenda

International Journal of Environmental and Science Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-48

  Mansour, Nasser ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Constructivism; Religious beliefs; Socio cultural context; STS

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249095690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13063065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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