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Asking Questions

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Part of the book series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education ((CTISE,volume 20))

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The stage is now set to begin to consider the respondents’ significant publications as evidence for science education as a distinctive field of research, when the intra-research criteria that were established in Chapter 1 are considered.

Can individuals simultaneously have two different knowledge systems (about things in science like energy) that they use under different circumstances?

Joan Solomon, England

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Fensham, P.J. (2004). Asking Questions. In: Defining an Identity. Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0175-5_6

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