Social justice, capabilities and the quality of education in low income countries

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-14

  Tikly, Leon ^a   Barrett, Angeline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capability approach; Education quality; Social justice

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 77957753659     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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