Revisiting Pedagogical Strategies Using Nietzsche's Perspectivism
- Author (aut): Mueller, Kirah
- Thesis advisor (ths): Doody, John
- Thesis advisor (ths): Wright, Kent
- Committee member: Bolmarcich, Sarah
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona State University
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