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ERIC Number: EJ654573
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
Science Education for Empowerment and Social Change: A Case Study of a Teacher Educator in Urban Pakistan.
Zahur, Rubina; Barton, Angela Calabrese; Upadhyay, Bhaskar Raj
International Journal of Science Education, v24 n9 p899-917 Sep 2002
Discusses the purpose of science education for children of the very poor classes in caste-oriented developing countries such as Pakistan. Presents a case study of one teacher educator whose beliefs and practices sharply deviated from the norm--she believes that science education ought to be about empowering students to make physical and political changes in the community. (Contains 26 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Social Change
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Pakistan