Authors from across the social, natural, and biomedical sciences describe how new knowledge is generated in their fields.
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Jonathan Jansen is a Distinguished Professor of Education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and is the immediate past president of the Academy of Science of South Africa. He is a curriculum theorist with work on the politics of knowledge in schools and universities.
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