Introducing modern science into schools

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5944, 2009, Pages 1077-1078

  Willingale Theune, Julia ^a   Manaia, Alexandra ^a   Gebhardt, Philipp ^a   De Lorenzi, Rossana ^a   Haury, Matthias ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LIFE SCIENCE; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; RESEARCH PROGRAM; TEACHER TRAINING; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

DNA MICROARRAY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; LEARNING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEDAGOGICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCIENCE; SHORT SURVEY; STUDENT; TEACHER; TEACHING; TRAINING; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; UNIVERSITY;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EUROPE; FACULTY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SCIENCE; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 69549111339     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1171989     Document Type: Short Survey

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20. We thank EMBL, all the teachers, and the involved scientists for continuing support.