Integrating social justice with mathematics and science: An analysis of student teacher lessons

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 490-499

  Garii, Barbara ^a   Rule, Audrey C ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equal education; Mathematics education; Pedagogy; Science education; Social influences; Social justice; Socioeconomic influences

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249091010     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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