Paradox in compound educational policy slogans: Evaluating equal opportunities in subject choice

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-167

  Stables, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational policy; Equal opportunities; Slogans; Subject choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030555325     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071005.1996.9974065     Document Type: Article

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