Curriculum Reform and a Science Department: A Bourdieuian Analysis

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 971-991

  Melville, Wayne ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; curriculum reform; field; habitus; science as inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449240724     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-010-9204-9     Document Type: Article

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