Teaching science in a poor Urban school in Pakistan: Tensions in the life history of a female elementary teacher

Science Education

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 725-743

  Upadhyay, Bhaskar ^a   Barton, Angela Calabrese ^b   Zahur, Rubina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Ali Institute of Education   (Pakistan)

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EID: 25444533583     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20067     Document Type: Article

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