Early childhood teacher candidates' qualifications in science teaching

Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 373-390

  Alisinanoglu, Fatma ^a   Inan, Hatice Zeynep ^b   Ozbey, Saide ^a   Usak, Muhammed ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ZIRVE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Qualifications; Science; Teacher candidates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861180002     PISSN: 13087711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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