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Towards multidimensional approaches to research on rural science education

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  1. Department of Education, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824, USA

    Eleanor Abrams

  2. College of Education and Human Development, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, 02125, USA

    Michael Middleton

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Lead Editors: L. Avery and D. Long.

This paper is part of the special issue Cultural Studies of Rural Science Education.

This review essay addresses issues raised in Avery & Hains’s paper entitled: Oral traditions: a contextual framework for complex science concepts. doi:10.1007/s11422-016-9761-5.

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Abrams, E., Middleton, M. Towards multidimensional approaches to research on rural science education. Cult Stud of Sci Educ 12, 167–176 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-016-9748-2

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Keywords

  • Rural Community
  • Science Learning
  • Science Classroom
  • Indigenous Community
  • Rural School