Neocolonialism in education: Cooperative Learning in an Asian context

Comparative Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-130

  Nguyen, Phuong Mai ^a   Elliott, Julian G ^b   Terlouw, Cees ^c   Pilot, Albert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COLONIALISM; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION REFORM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; POLICY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 59649091498     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050060802661428     Document Type: Article

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