Equity in science at South African schools: A pious platitude or an achievable goal?

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1353-1371

  Ramnarain, Umesh Dewnarain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Equity; Inquiry; Inquiry based teaching; Laboratory work; Position paper; Qualitative research; Science investigations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958099209     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2010.510855     Document Type: Article

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