Developing students' futures thinking in science education

Research in Science Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 687-708

  Jones, Alister ^a   Buntting, Cathy ^a   Hipkins, Rose ^b   McKim, Anne ^a   Conner, Lindsey ^c   Saunders, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b New Zealand Council of Educational Research   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Classroom research; Futures thinking; Primary; Secondary; Socio scientific issues; Teacher professional learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951001397     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-011-9214-9     Document Type: Article

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