“Struggling up mount improbable”: A cautionary (implementation) tale of a vision II scientific literacy curriculum in South Africa

Exploring the Landscape of Scientific Literacy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 272-287

  Clark, Jonathan ^a   Case, Jennifer M ^a   Davies, Norman ^a   Sheridan, Gillian ^a   Toerien, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203843284     Document Type: Chapter

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