Social Justice Pedagogies and Scientific Knowledge: Remaking Citizenship in the Non-Science Classroom

This dissertation contributes to efforts to rethink the meanings of democracy, scientific literacy, and non-scientist citizenship in the United States. Beginning with questions that emerged from action research and exploring the socio-political forces that shape education practices, it shows why non...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lehr, Jane L.
Other Authors: Science and Technology Studies
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28335
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07192006-200408/