Plowden: Progressive education - A 4-decade Odyssey?

Curriculum Inquiry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-124

  Sugrue, Ciaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 76949107328     PISSN: 03626784     EISSN: 1467873X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-873X.2009.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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