Curriculum policy and the politics of what should be learned in schools

The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 7-24

  Levin, Ben ^a   Connelly, Geraldine Anne Marie ^b   Lundgren, Ulf P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD   (Canada)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976572.n1     Document Type: Chapter

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