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ERIC Number: EJ597928
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-560X
Understanding Inquiry Science Teaching in Context: A Case Study of an Elementary Teacher.
Keys, Carolyn W.; Kennedy, Virginia
Journal of Science Teacher Education, v10 n4 p315-33 Nov 1999
Describes a case study of one teacher's interpretation of "inquiry science teaching" in her fourth grade classroom. Finds that the collaborative development of inquiry teaching that worked for this instructor was a delicate process of the negotiation of meanings for inquiry. (Contains 20 references.) (WRM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discovery Learning, Educational Change, Elementary School Science, Hands on Science, Inquiry, Instructional Innovation, Intermediate Grades, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Science Education, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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