Language and liberation: Language of instruction for mathematics and science: A comparison and contrast of practices focusing on Tanzania

Language Issues in Comparative Education: Inclusive Teaching and Learning in Non-Dominant Languages and Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 77-93

  Brock Utne, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84897832930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6209-218-1     Document Type: Chapter

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