Looking back, looking forward: Re-searching the conditions for curriculum integration in the middle years of schooling

Australian Educational Researcher

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 29-49

  Wallace, John ^a   Sheffield, Rachel ^b   Rénnie, Leonie ^b   Venville, Grady ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34748893571     PISSN: 03116999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03216856     Document Type: Article

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