Chronicling educator practices and experiences in the context of democratic schooling and quality education in South Africa

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 614-624

  Mncube, Vusi ^a   Harber, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Democracy; Educational administration; Educational policy; Quality education; School governance

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; CURRICULUM; DEMOCRACY; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEARNING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77955095624     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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