A state-independent education for citizenship? Comparing beliefs and values related to civic and moral issues among students in Swedish mainstream and Steiner Waldorf schools

Journal of Beliefs and Values

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-180

  Dahlin, Bo ^a  

^a Rudolf Steiner University College   (Norway)

Author keywords

civic and moral education; state and independent schools; Steiner Waldorf education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958163593     PISSN: 13617672     EISSN: 14699362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2010.503629     Document Type: Article

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