Teaching Evolution with Historical Narratives

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-489

  Van Dijk, Esther M ^a   Kattmann, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolutionary history; Evolutionary theory; Historical narrative; Narrative explanation; Natural history; Unifying theme

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053449014     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-009-0127-2     Document Type: Article

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