Multiculturalism, Universalism, and Science Education: In Search of Common Ground.

Siegel, Harvey

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ERIC Number: EJ656452

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Publication Date: 2002

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Multiculturalism, Universalism, and Science Education: In Search of Common Ground.

Siegel, Harvey

Science Education, v86 n6 p803-20 Nov 2002

Focuses on whether (and if so to what extent) a multicultural approach to science education is compatible with a universalist conception of science. Concludes that the most defensible conception of science education is one in which it is conceived to be both multicultural and universal. (Author/MM)

Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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