Cultural perspectives in science education

Handbook of Research on Science Education

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 651-670

  Carlone, Heidi B ^a   Johnson, Angela ^b   Eisenhart, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203097267     Document Type: Chapter

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