The elephant in the room: Science education, neoliberalism and resistance

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Carter, Lyn. (2014). The elephant in the room: Science education, neoliberalism and resistance. In In L. Bencze and S. Alsop (Ed.). Activist science and technology education pp. 23 - 36 Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4360-1_2
AuthorsCarter, Lyn
EditorsL. Bencze and S. Alsop
Page range23 - 36
Year2014
Book titleActivist science and technology education
PublisherSpringer
Place of publicationThe Netherlands
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4360-1_2
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