Policy enactments in the UK secondary school: Examining policy, practice and school positioning

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 547-560

  Braun, Annette ^a   Maguire, Meg ^b   Ball, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enactment; Personal learning and thinking skills; Policy; Secondary schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955947662     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680931003698544     Document Type: Article

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