Students as meaning-makers and the quest for the common school: A micro-ethnography of a US history classroom

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 619-645

  Keedy, John L ^a   Fleming, Tracie G ^b   Wheat, Deborah L ^b   Gentry, Rita B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b East Fayette Elementary School in Fayette County   (United States)

^c Carrollton High School   (United States)

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EID: 18844371006     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002202798183350     Document Type: Article

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