Students as learners and teachers: Taking responsibility, transforming education, and redefining accountability

Curriculum Inquiry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 555-575

  Cook Sather, Alison ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77957131206     PISSN: 03626784     EISSN: 1467873X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-873X.2010.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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