Science Teacher as Learner

Handbook of Research on Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1043-1065

  Loughran, J John ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203824696-39     Document Type: Chapter

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