Creativity, Continuity and Context in Teacher Education: Lessons from the Field

Australian Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-38

  Bore, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental contexts for learning science; Practical work; Teacher creativity; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149177383     PISSN: 08140626     EISSN: 2049775X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0814062600001634     Document Type: Article

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