The politics of linking educational research, policy, and practice: The case of improving educational quality in Ghana, Guatemala and Mali

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-47

  Ginsburg, Mark ^a   Adams, Don ^a   Clayton, Thomas ^a   Mantilla, Martha ^a   Sylvester, Judy ^a   Wang, Yidan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM;

GHANA; GUATEMALA; MALI;

EID: 0034130279     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156851800511667     Document Type: Article

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