Scientific literacy: A freirean perspective as a radical view of humanistic science education

Science Education

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-382

  Dos Santos, Wildson L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 68049108336     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20301     Document Type: Article

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