Quality assurance in the Singapore education system in an era of diversity and innovation

Educational Research for Policy and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-247

  Ng, Pak Tee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diversity; Excellence Self appraisal; Innovation; Quality; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049033915     PISSN: 15702081     EISSN: 15731723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10671-007-9018-x     Document Type: Article

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