School-parent partnerships in Singapore

Educational Research for Policy and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Khong, Lana Yiu Lan ^a   Ng, Pak Tee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Educational stakeholders; Home school collaboration; Parenting; Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644521323     PISSN: 15702081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10671-005-5617-6     Document Type: Review

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