Developing Scientific Literacy in a Primary School

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-152

  Smith, Kathleen Veronica ^a   Loughran, John ^a   Berry, Amanda ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, Cathy ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Primary school; Scientific literacy; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863417099     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2011.565088     Document Type: Article

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