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Pre-service teachers’ epistemic perspectives about philosophy in the classroom: it is not a bunch of ‘hippie stuff’

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Pages 170-188 | Received 26 Apr 2012, Accepted 21 Sep 2012, Published online: 16 Oct 2013

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