'I have big things planned for my future': The limits and possibilities of transformative agency in Zambian schools

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Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-568

  Bajaj, Monisha ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

African education; Critical research in education; Educational innovation; Student agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249084037     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920701844503     Document Type: Article

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