The Impact of a Novel Curriculum on Secondary Biology Teachers' Dispositions Toward Using Authentic Data and Media in Their Human Impact and Ecology Lessons

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 833-857

  Wyner, Yael ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Ecology; Environmental education; Media; Scientific data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883446405     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-013-9335-2     Document Type: Article

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