Problematising teacher education practice in India: Developing a research agendaFootnote

* An earlier version of this paper is part of the Proceedings of epiSTEME 4 – International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, 2011, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai.

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