Raising quality, fostering "creativity": Ideologies and practices of education reform in Beijing

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-422

  Woronov, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Education; Ideology; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 64349087484     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2008.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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