A case for culturally relevant teaching in science education and lessons learned for teacher education

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-309

  Mensah, Felicia Moore ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Culturally relevant teaching; Multicultural education; Science education; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755155970     PISSN: 00222984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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