Comparative educational research: The need for reconceptualisation and Fresh insights

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Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-248

  Watson, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008155583     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305792990290304     Document Type: Article

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