Teachers, local knowledge, and policy implementation: A qualitative policy-practice inquiry

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 292-306

  Smit, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Educational change; Policy implementation; Qualitative inquiry; Teachers and education policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444407429     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124505275426     Document Type: Article

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