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ERIC Number: EJ287218
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Inquiry and the Science Teacher.
Tamir, Pinchas
Science Education, v67 n5 p657-72 Oct 1983
Discusses the nature of science as inquiry, differentiating between "science as inquiry" and "teaching/learning by inquiry." Provides evidence of confusion existing among teachers on the notion of inquiry and offers practical suggestions to teacher educators to help teachers better understand inquiry and to use the method in their science instruction. (JM)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inquiry, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research