A program based on the interstitial approach to develop the understanding of energy across scientific fields and beliefs towards the unity of knowledge of biological teachers at the secondary stage

Document Type : Researches for promotion to assistant professor and professor degrees

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Assistant Professor of Curricula and Methods of Teaching Science, Faculty of Education, Alexandria University

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