Investigating Secondary Science Teachers' Beliefs About Multiculturalism and its Implementation in the Classroom

Multicultural Perspectives

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 212-219

  Petty, Lori L ^a   Narayan, Ratna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 84868328438     PISSN: 15210960     EISSN: 15327892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15210960.2012.725327     Document Type: Article

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