Defining 'science' in a multicultural world: Implications for science education

Reconsidering Science Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 195-214

  Cobern, William W ^a   Loving, Cathleen C ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203464021     Document Type: Chapter

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