Science curriculum and teacher education: The role of presuppositions, contradictions, controversies and speculations vs Kuhn's 'normal science'

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 891-899

  Niaz, Mansoor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Contradictions; Controversies; Kuhn's normal science; Presuppositions; Science curriculum; Science in the making; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649340481     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.10.028     Document Type: Article

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