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Developing a Professional Identity as an Elementary Teacher of Nature of Science: A self-study of becoming an elementary teacher

Valarie L. AkersonCurriculum and Instruction, Indiana University, 201 North Rose Avenue, Bloomington, IN47405, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Khemmawadee PongsanonMinistry of Education, Bangkok, Thailand
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Ingrid S. WeilandDepartment of Early Childhood and Elementary Education, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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Vanashri Nargund-JoshiDepartment of Education, State University of New York-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Pages 2055-2082 | Published online: 06 Mar 2014

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