Reforming education in developing economies of the world: major issues of educational reform in China and Russian Federation

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 347-357

  Baskan, Gülsün Atanur ^a   Erduran, Yücel ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

China; Decentralization; education reform; educational administration; finance of education; globalization; Russian Federation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649280123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770428     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.065     Document Type: Article

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