Science education researchers as orthographers: Documenting Keiyo (Kenya) knowledge, learning and narratives about snakes

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-115

  Thomson, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; LEARNING; SNAKE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

KENYA;

EID: 0344668593     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690210126587     Document Type: Article

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