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DOUGLAS L. MEDIN (medin{at}northwestern.edu) is a professor of cognitive psychology at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. MEGAN BANG is an assistant professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. Abstract Culture plays a large but often unnoticeable role in what we teach and how we teach children. We are a country of immense diversity, but in classrooms the dominant European-American culture has become the language of learning.

© 2013. « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article Phi Delta Kappan December 2013/January 2014 vol. 95 no. 4 64-67 » AbstractFree Full Text Full Text (PDF) Classifications MORE FEATURES Services Tell a colleague about this article Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Alert me when eletters are published Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Download to citation manager Responses Submit a response No responses published Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via Web of Science Google Scholar Articles by Medin, D. L. Articles by Bang, M. PubMed Articles by Medin, D. L. Articles by Bang, M. Related Content Load related web page information Current Issue April 2014, 95 (7) Alert me to new issues of Phi Delta Kappan ADVERTISE CONTACT US/PERMISSIONS EMAIL ALERTS INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS PDK/GALLUP POLL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GUIDES RSS FEEDS WRITE FOR KAPPAN Copyright © 2014 by PDK International

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