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The Role of Moral Reasoning on Socioscientific Issues and Discourse in Science Education pp 41–61Cite as

Socioscientific Issues in Pre-College Science Classrooms

The Primacy of Learners’ Epistemological Orientations and Views of Nature of Science

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    Fouad Abd-El-Khalick (Assistant Professor of Science Education)

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Abd-El-Khalick, F. (2003). Socioscientific Issues in Pre-College Science Classrooms. In: Zeidler, D.L. (eds) The Role of Moral Reasoning on Socioscientific Issues and Discourse in Science Education. Science & Technology Education Library, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4996-X_3

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