TVET reform in Chongqing: Big steps on a long march

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-65

  Comyn, Paul ^a   Barnaart, Antoine ^b  

^a SmithComyn and Associates   (Australia)

^b Australian Pacific Technical College (APTC)   (Fiji)

Author keywords

China; Competency based training; TVET; TVET reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951518781     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596740903565335     Document Type: Article

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