Between the 'Local' and the 'Global': South African geography after apartheid

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-159

  Mather, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apartheid; Geography education; Global; Local; South Africa

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; TEACHING;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33847141034     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260601033076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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