The responsiveness of an Australian science teacher professional development program to the needs of local and developing country science educators.

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The responsiveness of an Australian science teacher professional development program to the needs of local and developing country science educators.

Many developing countries do not have in place high quality science education postgraduate programs; consequently, teachers from these countries are enrolling in programs in developed countries such as Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. A number of authors have raised concerns that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thair, Micheal J.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 1999
Subjects:	science educators developing countries science education postgraduate program Australia teacher professional development evaluation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1595

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