Multiculturalism's narratives in Singapore and Canada: Exploring a model for comparative multiculturalism and multicultural education

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 629-658

  Bokhorst Heng, Wendy D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Canada; Comparative education; Cross cultural studies; Multicultural education; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549055694     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220270701506324     Document Type: Article

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