Student teachers’ prior experiences of history, geography and science: initial findings of an all-Ireland survey1

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-194

  Waldron, Fionnuala ^a   Pike, Susan ^a   Varley, Janet ^a   Murphy, Colette ^b   Greenwood, Richard ^c  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c STRANMILLIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952037036     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03323310701296086     Document Type: Article

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