Worldviews and evolution in the biology classroom

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 115-120

  Schilders, Mariska ^a   Sloep, Peter ^a,b   Peled, Einat ^c   Boersma, Kerst ^d  

^a FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Weisman Institute   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Context based science education; Evolution; Learning and teaching strategy; Religion; Worldviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749098386     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2009.9656165     Document Type: Article

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