No Easy Choice: Value Dilemmas of Education Reform and Economic Rationalism in Hong Kong

International Journal of Educational Reform

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 112-128

  Tse, Thomas Kwan Choi ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 38649106629     PISSN: 10567879     EISSN: 26319675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105678790501400108     Document Type: Article

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