The feasibility of educating trainee science teachers in issues of science and religion
Abstract
This article reflects on Roussel De Carvalho’s paper ‘Science initial teacher education and superdiversity: educating science teachers for a multi-religious and globalized science classroom’. It then offers suggestions for making some of the ambitious goals of the science-and-religion components of the science initial teacher education project more manageable.
Keywords
Science Religion Teacher education School science teaching Students’ religious beliefs/worldviewsReferences
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