Engineering in children's fiction - not a good story?

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 723-740

  Holbrook, Allyson ^a   Panozza, Lisa ^a   Prieto, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career choice; Children's literature; Engineers and engineering; Junior fiction; Science and scientists; Sex roles; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349596761     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-008-9129-8     Document Type: Article

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