Cultural resources of minority and marginalised students should be included in the school science curriculum

Cultural Studies of Science Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-412

  Chigeza, Philemon ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Cultural disposition; Marginalised students; Resource rich view

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955845113     PISSN: 18711502     EISSN: 18711510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11422-011-9316-8     Document Type: Article

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