'Thinking schools, learning nations' Implementation of curriculum review in Singapore

Educational Research for Policy and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 97-113

  Saravanan, Vanithamani ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Curriculum review; Instructional technology (IT); Integrated Project Work (IPW); Thinking schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 28644449027     PISSN: 15702081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10671-005-1543-x     Document Type: Review

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