Young black children and science: Chronotopes of narratives around their science journals

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 568-596

  Varelas, Maria ^a   Kane, Justine M ^b   Wylie, Caitlin D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diversity; empowerment; language and literacy; science education; urban education

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY; EMPOWERMENT; LANGUAGE AND LITERACY; MULTIPLE PEOPLE; POSSIBLE FUTURES; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SCIENCE JOURNALS; SPATIAL FEATURES;

RESEARCH;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84860363074     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.21013     Document Type: Article

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