The emergence of the controversy around the theory of evolution and creationismin UK newspaper reports

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-279

  Allgaier, Joachim ^a   Holliman, Richard ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Controversy; Creationism evolution; National curriculum for science; Newspaper coverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007026254     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585170600909738     Document Type: Article

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