'We're all in this game whether we like it or not to get a number of As to Cs.' Design and technology teachers' struggles to implement creativity and performativity policies

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 585-600

  Nicholl, Bill ^a   McLellan, Ros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 48749097893     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920802223875     Document Type: Article

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