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ERIC Number: EJ507338
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Comment on "Multiculturalism, Universalism, and Science Education."
Loving, Cathleen C.
Science Education, v79 n3 p341-48 Jun 1995
The author discusses concerns related to critiques of a universalist epistemology in science education. Issues discussed include description of the universalist view of science, lack of distinction between multicultural approaches and pluralistic criteria for scientific knowledge, and the kind of science being promoted by multicultural proponents. (LZ)
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement, Multicultural Education, Science Education
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Nature of Science; Universalism