The Texas Earth and Space Science (TXESS) revolution: A model for the delivery of earth science professional development to minority-serving teachers

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-201

  Ellins, K K ^a   Snow, E ^a   Olson, H C ^a   Stocks, E ^b   Willis, M ^c   Olson, J ^c   Odell, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Earth science; Secondary education; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EARTH SCIENCE; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EID: 84879431666     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/12-348.1     Document Type: Article

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