Curriculum integration: Challenging the assumption of school science as powerful knowledge

Second International Handbook of Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 737-749

  Venville, Grady ^a   Rennie, Léonie J ^b   Wallace, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84894296071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9041-7_49     Document Type: Chapter

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