Is the national qualifications framework a broken promise? A dialogue

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-203

  McBride, Vincent ^a   Keevy, James ^b  

^a EU affiliated European Training Foundation   (Italy)

^b South African Qualifications Authority   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Education reform; National qualifications framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953335847     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-010-9131-0     Document Type: Article

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