We Look More, Listen More, Notice More: Impact of Sustained Professional Development on Head Start Teachers' Inquiry-Based and Culturally-Relevant Science Teaching Practices

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 566-578

  Roehrig, Gillian H ^a   Dubosarsky, Mia ^a   Mason, Annie ^a   Carlson, Stephan ^a   Murphy, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culturally relevant instruction; Early childhood; Inquiry; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053323669     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-011-9295-2     Document Type: Article

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