From core skills to key skills: Fast forward or back to the future?

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-145

  Hayward, Geoff ^a   Fernandez, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842663149     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305498042000190087     Document Type: Review

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