"Not Designed for Us": How Science Museums and Science Centers Socially Exclude Low-Income, Minority Ethnic Groups

Science Education

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 981-1008

  Dawson, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911866651     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.21133     Document Type: Article

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