The Impact of an Inquiry-Based Geoscience Field Course on Pre-service Teachers

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 503-529

  Nugent, Gwen ^a   Toland, Michael D ^b   Levy, Richard ^c   Kunz, Gina ^a   Harwood, David ^a   Green, Denise ^d   Kitts, Kathy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field work; Geoscience; Pre service teachers; Science inquiry; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864306175     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-012-9283-2     Document Type: Article

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