A case study of beginning science teachers' subject matter (SMK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of teaching chemical reaction in Turkey

European Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-429

  Usak, Muhammet ^a   Ozden, Mustafa ^b   Eilks, Ingo ^c  

^a ZIRVE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemistry education; Pre service teacher education; Science education; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053154878     PISSN: 02619768     EISSN: 14695928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2011.592977     Document Type: Article

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