Educational policy trajectories in an era of globalization: Singapore and Cambodia

Prospects

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-480

  Tan, Charlene ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Educational policy trajectories; Globalization; Policy borrowing; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651507639     PISSN: 00331538     EISSN: 15739090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11125-010-9170-6     Document Type: Article

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