Emotions and positional identity in becoming a social justice science teacher: Nicole's story

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 453-478

  Maulucci, Maria S Rivera ^a  

^a Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

critical emotional praxis; emotional genealogy; emotions; positional identity; social justice

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL EMOTIONAL PRAXIS; EMOTIONAL GENEALOGY; EMOTIONS; POSITIONAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

HISTORY; IODINE;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84875240976     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.21081     Document Type: Article

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