Language choice, education and community identity

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-251

  Trudell, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African education; Educational quality; Language development; Mother tongue education; PROPELCA

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LANGUAGE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 15944418529     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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