Changing practice through policy: Trainee teachers and the national numeracy strategy

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-74

  Basit, Tehmina N ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Educational policy; Mathematics teaching; National Numeracy Strategy; Primary teachers; Trainee teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037546876     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152032000048587     Document Type: Article

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