Leadership and collaboration in implementing curriculum change in Hong Kong secondary schools

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-189

  Adamson, Bob ^a   Yin, Annie Tong Siu ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Classroom practice; Curriculum change; English language teaching learning; Management; Task based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349097030     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03026498     Document Type: Article

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