Incorporating multicultural aud Science-Technology-Society issues into science teacher education courses: Successes, challenges and possibilities

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-28

  Sweeney, Aldrin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0042863832     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016625829643     Document Type: Article

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