The enduring nature of the tripartite system of secondary schooling in Germany: Some explanations

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 391-412

  Ertl, Hubert ^a   Phillips, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Comprehensive schools; Educational change; Germany; Tripartite system; Unification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034556729     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.00154     Document Type: Article

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