Taking a sociocultural perspective on science teachers' knowledge

Cultural-Historical Perspectives on Teacher Education and Development: Learning Teaching

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 45-62

  McNicholl, Jane ^a   Childs, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203860106     Document Type: Chapter

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