Tensions and dilemmas of cross-cultural transfer of knowledge: Post-structural/postcolonial reflections on an innovative teacher education in Pakistan

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 493-513

  Kanu, Yatta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Curriculum; International education; Learning; Postcolonial education; Transnational knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; TEACHER TRAINING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22744458401     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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