Teachers and the myth of modernisation

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-169

  Merson, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensification; Modernisation; Neofordism; New Right; Post fordism; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034418524     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.t01-1-00139     Document Type: Article

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