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Teacher Education in Greece: Constructivist Attempts in a Nonconstructivist Environment
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This paper has emerged from experiences related to teacher education in Greece. Two cases are described: in the first the focus of the course is on the learning and teaching of Science, while in the second the focus is on learning and teaching in a wider context. The programme of the courses is developed in a dynamic way and changes in the meaning of constructivism are explored and reported
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Teacher education Science teacher education Constructivism Reflexivity Teacher’s consciousness.Preview
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