Capturing and enhancing science teachers' professional knowledge

Research in Science Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 575-594

  Berry, Amanda ^a   Loughran, John ^a   Smith, Kathy ^b   Lindsay, Simon ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Catholic Education Office Melbourne   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classroom cases; Knowledge base for teaching; Professional learning; Science teachers' professional knowledge; Teacher research

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149169844     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-008-9095-8     Document Type: Article

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