Bourdieu, Department Chairs and the Reform of Science Education

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2275-2293

  Melville, Wayne ^a   Hardy, Ian ^b   Bartley, Anthony ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Department chairs; Inquiry based teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858846085     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2010.550334     Document Type: Article

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