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This chapter is written in the first and third person because it is the journey of the editor and the stories of others in multicultural science education. The chapter is entitled a historical account because it is one person’s perspective about multicultural science education and the contributions she and others made in this sub-field of science education and multicultural education. There is no doubt about the naming of the sub-field, but when the discussion about culture began in science education is somewhat doubtful. There is no ending to multicultural science education because as people continue to live, groups of people will have a culture. How they make meaning of science and how they teach and learn science will continue. However, my story will end 1 day and may even be forgotten, but the stories of multicultural science education will continue.
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Atwater, M.M. (2021). Her Story and Their Stories: A Historical Account of Multicultural Science Education. In: Atwater, M.M. (eds) International Handbook of Research on Multicultural Science Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37743-4_1-1
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