General or vocational? The tough choice in the Chinese education policy

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 289-304

  Yang, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; SECONDARY EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0032125386     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-0593(98)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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