Assumptions and implications of cross-national attraction in education: The case of 'learning from Japan'

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 649-663

  Shibata, Masako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 33750519034     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980600976346     Document Type: Article

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