Womanist lessons for reinventing teaching

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 436-445

  Beauboeuf Lafontant, Tamara ^a  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Femininity; Multicultural education; Teacher education; Womanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944461368     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487105282576     Document Type: Article

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