Relationships amongst cultural dimensions, educational expenditure and class size of different nations

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 698-707

  Cheung, Hoi Yan ^a   Chan, Alex W H ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross country; Culture and value; Educational expenditure; Pupil teacher ratio; Quality of education

Indexed keywords

CLASS; CULTURE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EXPENDITURE; INDIVIDUALISM; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EID: 50449109845     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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