A womanist experience of caring: Understanding the pedagogy of exemplary black women teachers

Urban Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-86

  Beauboeuf Lafontant, Tamara ^a  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring; Pedagogy; Womanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012727471     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014497228517     Document Type: Article

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