Accounting for educational equality: The cultural politics of Samoan paraprofessionals’ representations of pedagogy in state-designated disadvantaged schools and communities in Australia

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 335-362

  Singh, Parlo ^a   Dooley, Karen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 3142726357     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220270120619     Document Type: Article

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