Optimizing the developmental consequences of education: Reflections on issues raised by Michael Cole

Human Development

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 217-222

  Serpell, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Embedded schooling; Third world education

Indexed keywords

CATALYST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MORALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 24944518478     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086856     Document Type: Note

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