World view analysis of knowledge in a rural village: Implications for science education

Science Education

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-95

  George, June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

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EID: 0033248462     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199901)83:1<77::AID-SCE4>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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