A Study of Teacher Candidates' Experiences Investigating Global Climate Change Within an Elementary Science Methods Course

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-369

  Hestness, Emily ^a   McGinnis, Randy ^a   Riedinger, Kelly ^a   Marbach Ad, Gili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Global climate change; Science teacher education; Socioscientific issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955779147     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-011-9234-3     Document Type: Article

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