Developing Teacher Epistemological Sophistication about Multicultural Curriculum: A Case Study

Action in Teacher Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Sleeter, Christine ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80052042275     PISSN: 01626620     EISSN: 21586098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01626620.2009.10463506     Document Type: Article

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