The Excitement and Wonder of Teaching Science: What Pre-service Teachers Learn from Facilitating Family Science Night Centers

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-220

  Harlow, Danielle B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eelementary education; Informal science; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858747952     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-012-9264-5     Document Type: Article

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