Constructing Histories

The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Carretero, Mario ^a,b   Bermudez, Angela ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales   (Argentina)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Historical narratives; Learning history; National identities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923408691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195396430.013.0029     Document Type: Chapter

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