Changing the script for science teaching

A Vision for Science Education: Responding to the Work of Peter Fensham

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 170-183

  White, Richard ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85139355911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203006436-20     Document Type: Chapter

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