A qualitative assessment of the quality of Turkish elementary schools

Egitim Arastirmalari - Eurasian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn , Issue 30, 2008, Pages 117-139

  Şahin, Ali E ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Educational development; Elementary education; International education; School quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349108908     PISSN: 1302597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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