China's New National Curriculum Reform: Innovation, challenges and strategies

Frontiers of Education in China

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 579-604

  Guan, Qun ^a   Meng, Wanjin ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b China Central Inst for Educ Res   (China)

Author keywords

Challenges and strategies; China's New National Curriculum Reform (CNNCR); Compulsory education; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448974583     PISSN: 1673341X     EISSN: 16733533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11516-007-0043-6     Document Type: Article

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