The fault is in ourselves: Looking at 'failures in implementation'

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Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-51

  Mohammed, Razia Fakir ^a   Harlech Jones, Brian ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Implementation; Learner centred learning; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949013919     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920701420825     Document Type: Article

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