Policy as boundary object: A new way to look at educational policy design and implementation

Vocations and Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-35

  Emad, Gholamreza ^a   Roth, Wolff Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Boundary organization; Educational policy; Maritime domain; Policy design; Policy implementation; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149083167     PISSN: 1874785X     EISSN: 18747868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12186-008-9015-0     Document Type: Article

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