Researching African American mathematics teachers of African American students: Conceptual and methodological considerations

Mathematics Teaching Learning and Liberation in the Lives of Black Children

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 39-62

  Clark, Lawrence M ^a   Johnson, Whitney ^a   Chazan, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203877708     Document Type: Chapter

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