Insights from successful and unsuccessful implementations of school reform programs

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-363

  Guhn, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bio ecological theory of human development; Bronfenbrenner; Child development project; Educational reform; Implementation; School development program

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149135436     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-008-9063-0     Document Type: Article

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