Chemistry teachers' views on teaching 'climate change' - an interview case study from research-oriented learning in teacher education

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-91

  Feierabend, Timo ^a   Jokmin, Sebastian ^a   Eilks, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemistry teachers' beliefs; Climate change; Pedagogic content knowledge (PCK); Research oriented learning; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054120958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1rp90011k     Document Type: Article

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