Ethnographic methods in analysis of place-based geoscience curriculum and pedagogy

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 474, Issue , 2011, Pages 49-62

  Williams, Deborah ^a   Semken, Steven ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; TEACHING; VIDEO RECORDING;

AFFECTIVE RESPONSE; AUTHENTIC LEARNING; BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

CURRICULA;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

EID: 79960185472     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2474(05)     Document Type: Article

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