'All We Did was Things Like Forces and Motion.': Multiple Discourses in the development of primary science teachers

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-128

  Danielsson, Anna ^a,b   Warwick, Paul ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Qualitative research; Scientific literacy; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889643923     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2012.734639     Document Type: Article

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