Reflective teachers and teacher educators in the Pacific region: Conversations with us not about us

International Review of Education

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-321

  Burnett, Greg ^a   Lingam, Govinda Ishwar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; STUDENT; TEACHING;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34547124073     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11159-007-9046-z     Document Type: Article

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