How policy impacts on practice and how practice does not impact on policy

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 723-741

  Coffield, Frank ^a   Edward, Sheila ^a   Finlay, Ian ^b   Hodgson, Ann ^a   Spours, Ken ^a   Steer, Richard ^a   Gregson, Maggie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35448960716     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920701582363     Document Type: Article

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