A study of the effect of culture on the learning of science in non-Western countries

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A study of the effect of culture on the learning of science in non-Western countries

The research for this thesis was born of a desire to understand how a student's cultural background might influence the outcomes of science education. Of particular interest to me was the apparent paucity of academic achievement by many indigenous students as they study science through Western...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Baker, David A.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 1998
Subjects:	non-Western countries Learning cultural background science education
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/444

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