Views of inquiry: Mismatches between views of science education faculty and students of an alternative certification program

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 716-741

  Demir, Abdulkadir ^a   Abell, Sandra K ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative Certification Program; Beginning science teachers; Inquiry; Science teacher education; Secondary science teaching; Views of inquiry

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SOURCE; FACULTY MEMBERS; FIELD NOTES; NATIONAL ACADEMIES; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; PHENOMENOGRAPHY; PRIMARY DATA SOURCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SCIENCE METHODS; SCIENCE TEACHERS; SCIENCE TEACHING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; TEACHER EDUCATION; TEACHING AND LEARNING; WASHINGTON;

DATA REDUCTION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

TEACHING;

EID: 77954900610     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20365     Document Type: Article

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