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Original Articles

Challenges and promises of overcoming epistemological and methodological partiality: Advancing engineering education through acceptance of diverse ways of knowing

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Pages 247-257 | Received 02 Jul 2009, Accepted 15 Oct 2009, Published online: 14 Apr 2010

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