Institutional practices and the cultural construction of primary school teaching in Botswana

Comparative Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-326

  Arthur, Jo ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PRIMARY EDUCATION; TEACHER TRAINING;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0032446140     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050069828162     Document Type: Article

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