Narrowed horizons and the impoverishment of educational discourse: Teaching, learning and performing under the new educational bureaucracies

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-117

  Walsh, Patrick ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 30944439313     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930500393492     Document Type: Article

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