Research and policy on the language of instruction issue in Africa

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 636-645

  Brock Utne, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Language of instruction in Africa; Making language policy research relevant, Changing belief systems; Researching policy on language of instruction

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION POLICY; LANGUAGE; PARADIGM SHIFT; RESEARCH; TEACHING;

AFRICA;

EID: 77955094229     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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