Science and the "good citizen": Community-based scientific literacy

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 403-424

  Lee, Stuart ^a   Roth, Wolff Michael ^b  

^a Apt 2 ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community science; Grassroots environmental activism; Hybrid science; Public understanding of science; Scientific literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038310278     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243903028003003     Document Type: Review

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