Avoiding the issue of gender in Japanese science education

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-438

  Scantlebury, Kathryn ^a   Baker, Dale ^b   Sugi, Ayumi ^c   Yoshida, Atsushi ^d   Uysal, Sibel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender issues; Japan; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047109563     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-006-9045-8     Document Type: Article

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