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Confidence and Perceived Competence of Preservice Teachers to Implement Biodiversity Education in Primary Schools—Four comparative case studies from Europe

Petra Lindemann-Matthies Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Costas Constantinou Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; Learning in Science Group, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Hans-Joachim Lehnert Department of Biology, University of Education, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Ueli Nagel Department of Sciences and Social Sciences, Zurich University of Teacher Education, Zurich, Switzerland
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George Raper Institute of Education, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK
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Chrysanthi Kadji-Beltran Nature Conservation Unit, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus
Pages 2247-2273 | Published online: 14 Apr 2011

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