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The following is a story about two primary school teachers, Sara and Elizabeth, and their science teaching experiences. Sara and Elizabeth have the same educational background including attending a teacher training school after completion of high school. Both have concentrated on languages at the high school level and later in their education courses. Both have four years’ experience and currently are teaching grade 5. They teach in the same school district but in two different schools.
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Jorde, D., Lea, A. (1996). Sharing Science: Primary Science for Both Teachers and Pupils. In: Parker, L.H., Rennie, L.J., Fraser, B.J. (eds) Gender, Science and Mathematics. Science & Technology Education Library, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0143-1_13
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