TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SCIENCE EDUCATION POLICY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CURRICULUM INTERVENTIONS AND REFORMS OF SECONDARY SCIENCE EDUCATION IN POSTCOLONIAL JAMAICA

Science Education in Context: An International Examination of the Influence of Context on Science Curricula Development and Implementation

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 69-81

  Sadler McKnight, Novelette ^a   Rainford, Marcia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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EID: 84897648826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9789087902490_008     Document Type: Chapter

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