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Cess-Newsome, J. (1999). Secondary Teachers’ Knowledge and Beliefs about Subject Matter and their Impact on Instruction. In: Gess-Newsome, J., Lederman, N.G. (eds) Examining Pedagogical Content Knowledge. Science & Technology Education Library, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47217-1_3
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