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Using Drawing to Reveal Science Teachers’ Beliefs about Science Teaching

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Drawing for Science Education

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The twenty-first century has brought many challenges in economic, social, and political aspects of life. These challenges put great pressure on educational systems across the world to review the knowledge, skills, and values presented to students, and how they may create a skillful and educated person able to cope with the challenges of the new century (Ambusaidi, 2014). This educated person has to know more and acquire the skills to enable him/her to better understand and use his/her imagination and intelligence to work and interact with others.

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  1. Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

    Sulaiman Al-Balushi

  2. Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

    Abdullah Ambusaidi

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Al-Balushi, S., Ambusaidi, A. (2017). Using Drawing to Reveal Science Teachers’ Beliefs about Science Teaching. In: Katz, P. (eds) Drawing for Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-875-4_16

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