Education reform for raising economic competitiveness

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-287

  Sahlberg, P ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic competitiveness; Education reform; Educational change; Learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751527122     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-005-4884-6     Document Type: Article

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