Cultural context of school science teaching and learning in the People's Republic of China

Science Education

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Gao, Lingbiao ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0032339180     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199801)82:1<1::AID-SCE1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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