Control and professional development: Are teachers being deskilled or reskilled within the context of decentralization?

Educational Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-37

  Wong, Jocelyn L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Decentralization; Deskilling; Market principles; Reskilling

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244473613     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690500415910     Document Type: Article

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