Constructivism Deconstructed in Science Teacher Education
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Science Teacher Education
Curriculum materials are a crucial tool with which teachers engage in teaching practice. For preservice teachers to learn to use science curriculum materials in productive ways, they must develop a conception of themselves as elementary teachers in which the use of science curriculum materials is a valued dimension of science-teaching practice. We define those dimensions of teachers’ profession...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of Teacher Education
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1835-517X
DOI: 10.14221/ajte.2011v36n6.5