Bioscience and the sociology of education: the case for biosocial education

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1273-1287

  Youdell, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assemblage; Biosocial; complexity; degrounding; epigenetics; Omega 3

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010670051     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2016.1272406     Document Type: Article

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