Pathways in Learning to Teach Elementary Science: Navigating Contexts, Roles, Affordances and Constraints

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 745-768

  Smith, Deborah C ^a   Jang, Shinho ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University of Education   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Case study; Elementary science teacher preparation; Qualitative; Sociocultural

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755187055     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-011-9257-9     Document Type: Article

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