The human cost and intellectual poverty of high performance schooling: Radical philosophy, John Macmurray and the remaking of person-centred education

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-409

  Fielding, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34250185355     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930701390511     Document Type: Article

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