Examination of traditional medicine and herbal pharmacology and the implications for teaching and education: A ghanaian case study

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-318

  Asabere Ameyaw, Akwasi ^a   Sefa Dei, George J ^b   Raheem, Kolawole ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Centre for School and Community Science and Technology Studies (SACOST)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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