Beyond Eurocentrism in Science Education: Promises and Problematics from a Feminist Poststructuralist Perspective

Curriculum: Toward New Identities

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 185-209

  Gough, Annette ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315051604-9     Document Type: Chapter

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