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Reconceptualizing the Nature of Science

Sibel Erduran and Zoubeida R. Dagher (eds) (2014) Reconceptualizing the Nature of Science for Science Education: Scientific Knowledge, Practices and Other Family Categories. Springer, Dordrecht, ISBN: 978-94-017-9056-7, 190 pp, Price: $129 (hardback)

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Jiménez-Aleixandre, M.P. Reconceptualizing the Nature of Science. Sci & Educ 24, 1241–1244 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-015-9776-4

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