Subject Matter: Defining and Theorizing School Subjects

The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 66-90

  Deng, Zongyi ^a   Luke, Allan ^b   Lee, John Chikin ^c   Placier, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976572.n4     Document Type: Chapter

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