Is subject knowledge the be all and end all? Investigating professional development for science teachers

Improving Schools

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-173

  Woolhouse, Clare ^a   Cochrane, Matt ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Science teachers; Utilitarian paradigm

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949132554     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: 14757583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480209106431     Document Type: Article

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