An international perspective on science curriculum development and implementation

Second International Handbook of Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 771-782

  Coll, Richard K ^a   Taylor, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9041-7_51     Document Type: Chapter

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