Apprehension and Pedagogy in Evolution Education

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-235

  Alters, Brian ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creationism; Evolution education; Intelligent design; Religion; Schools; Science; Students; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921974802     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-010-0219-z     Document Type: Article

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