Between Veritas and Communitas: Epistemic Switching in the Reading of Academic and Sacred History

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-129

  Gottlieb, Eli ^a   Wineburg, Sam ^b  

^a Mandel Leadership Institute   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84857136716     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508406.2011.582376     Document Type: Review

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