Cultural competence in the college biology classroom

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-258

  Tanner, Kimberly ^a   Allen, Deborah ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOLOGY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACULTY; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 38349056697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.07-09-0086     Document Type: Review

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