Critical dialogue: Inequity in equity: The paradox of gifted education in Australia

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-103

  Gross, Miraca U M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academically gifted; Acceleration (education); Elitism; Equal education; Gifted; Talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033114415     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494419904300107     Document Type: Article

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