FORUM: "that don't look like me." Stereotypic images of science: Where do they come from and what can we do with them?

Cultural Studies of Science Education

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 545-558

  Scantlebury, Kathryn ^a   Tal, Tali ^b   Rahm, Jrène ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 33846540232     PISSN: 18711502     EISSN: 18711510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11422-006-9023-z     Document Type: Article

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