Becoming a science teacher: Moving toward creolized science and an ethic of cosmopolitanism

Cultural Studies of Science Education

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-32

  Seiler, Gale ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; Culture of science; Hybridization; Identity; Non dominant populations; Science teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952251262     PISSN: 18711502     EISSN: 18711510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11422-009-9240-3     Document Type: Article

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