A sociocultural analysis of mandated curriculum change: The implementation of a new senior physics curriculum in New Zealand schools

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-213

  Fernandez, Teresa ^a   Ritchie, Garth ^a   Barker, Miles ^a  

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Author keywords

Communities of practice; Curriculum development; New Zealand; Physics curriculum; Sociocultural theory; Teacher change

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549121605     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220270701313978     Document Type: Article

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