Social Networks and the "Training Gospel"

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-143

  Strathdee, Rob ^a   Hughes, David ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Education policy; Politics of education; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034562379     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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