Intercultural-bilingual education for an interethnic-plurilingual society? The case of Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast

Comparative Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-260

  Freeland, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANGUAGE;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0038454679     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050060302553     Document Type: Article

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