Democracy is messy: Exploring the personal theories of a high school social studies teacher

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 359-389

  Fickel, Letitia Hochstrasser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

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EID: 1842533617     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: 21631654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2000.10505913     Document Type: Article

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