Culture and conceptualisations of nature : an interpretive analysis of Australian and Chinese perspectives.

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Culture and conceptualisations of nature : an interpretive analysis of Australian and Chinese perspectives.

Issues of culture and worldview and their impact on students' learning of science have become increasingly important to science teachers. This study details work that I carried out in the period 1995-1999 which examined the effect of culture on students' conceptualisations of nature. It is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Slay, Jill
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 2000
Subjects:	Chinese culture students' beliefs nature highschool science culture Australian culture
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2290

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