The politics of national education: Values and aims of Israeli history curricula, 1956-1995

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-470

  Hofman, Amos ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Curriculum development; History; History and politics; Israel; National history

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349025423     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220270600957420     Document Type: Article

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