Movement expressiveness, solidarity and the (re)shaping of African American students' scientific identities

Cultural Studies of Science Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-103

  Elmesky, Rowhea ^a   Seiler, Gale ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

African American students; Creolized science; Cultural dispositions; Hybrid identities; Movement expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249107340     PISSN: 18711502     EISSN: 18711510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11422-007-9050-4     Document Type: Article

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