Quality control and quality assurance in teacher training institutions: Messages from Botswana

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 697-713

  Hopkin, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Program improvement; Quality control; University affiliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033417852     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(99)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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