Towards a critical pedagogy: Creating 'thinking schools' in Singapore

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-264

  Koh, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 33845615474     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220270110092608     Document Type: Review

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