A social studies teacher's sense making of controversial issues discussions of race in a predominantly white, rural high school classroom

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-114

  Washington, Elizabeth Yeager ^a   Humphries, Emma K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Controversial issues; Discussion; Race; Rural schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867560495     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2011.10473448     Document Type: Article

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