Teaching for understanding of Science in context: Evidence from the Pilot trials of the twenty first century Science courses

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 945-959

  Ratcliffe, Mary ^a   Millar, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement; Curriculum development; Scientific literacy

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CONTENT KNOWLEDGE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; CURRICULUM RESOURCE; ENGLAND; KEY ELEMENTS; NATURAL WORLD; POLICY MAKERS; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SCIENCE COURSE; SCIENTIFIC ISSUES; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SCIENTIFIC LITERACY; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; TEACHING MATERIALS;

BIOGRAPHIES; CURRICULA; SURVEYS;

TEACHING;

EID: 70349524953     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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