Social studies teacher candidates' views on the controversial issues incorporated into their courses in Turkey

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-334

  Ersoy, A Figen ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Citizenship education; Controversial issues; Discussion; Social studies; Teacher candidates; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149088748     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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