Democratising the curriculum or training the children of the poor: School-based vocational training in Australia

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 615-632

  Polesel, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equity; Secondary school curriculum; Vocational education and training

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549090436     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930802054420     Document Type: Article

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