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Incorporating the Pedagogy of Play Through Gyotaku in an Undergraduate Oceanography Course

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|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cjme.133 | Journal eISSN: 2632-850X
Language: English
Submitted on: May 6, 2025
Accepted on: Aug 20, 2025
Published on: Dec 8, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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