Community and classroom contexts for understanding nature and naturally occurring events in rural schools in Mexico

L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-68

  Bryan, Lynn A ^a   Allexsaht Snider, Martha ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary science; Rural Mexican schools; Social discourse practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907959968     PISSN: 15676617     EISSN: 15731731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17239/l1esll-2008.08.01.06     Document Type: Article

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