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Research Article

Preparing Preservice Teachers to Teach Equitably: A Longitudinal, Collaborative Interrogation of Two Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Positionalities

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Pages 289-313 | Received 01 Oct 2021, Accepted 17 Nov 2022, Published online: 01 Mar 2023

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