Economic aspects of citizenship education: An investigation of students' understanding

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-223

  Davies, Peter ^a   Howie, Helen ^a   Mangan, Jean ^a   Telhaj, Shqiponja ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship Education; Economic Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749842450     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585170210136859     Document Type: Article

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