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Defining "Science" in a Multicultural World: Implications for Science Education

Examines the definition of science put forward from multicultural perspectives in contrast to the universalist perspective of science. Argues that good science explanations will always be universal, even if indigenous knowledge is incorporated as scientific knowledge. (Author/SAH)

• Author/Creator: Cobern, William W., Loving, Cathleen C.
• Date Published: Jan
• Journal/Secondary Title: Science Education
• Number: 1
• Volume: 85
• Year: 2001

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Science Instruction
• Subject: Teaching Methods

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