The school curriculum since apartheid: Intersections of politics and policy in the South African transition

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-67

  Jansen, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 0012457773     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002202799183296     Document Type: Article

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