The National Qualifications Framework and the Discouraged Worker Effect

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-169

  Strathdee, Rob ^a   Hughes, David ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment; Education policy; Qualifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348169905     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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