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The cultural roots of school biology in australia — from vitalism and mechanism to dialectic materialism

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Fawns, R. The cultural roots of school biology in australia — from vitalism and mechanism to dialectic materialism. Research in Science Education 18, 268–275 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02356604

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