Levels and equivalence in credit and qualifications frameworks: Contrasting the prescribed and enacted curriculum in school and college

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-243

  Miller, Kate Helen ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a   Priestley, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit frameworks; Enacted curriculum; Learning outcomes; Prescribed curriculum; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650977595     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520902928507     Document Type: Article

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