The politics of international league tables: PISA in Japan's achievement crisis debate

Comparative Education

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-407

  Takayama, Keita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION; EDUCATION POLICY; GLOBALIZATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 57749096415     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050060802481413     Document Type: Article

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