A millennium learning goal for education post-2015: A question of outcomes or processes

Comparative Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-133

  Barrett, Angeline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEARNING; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 79951791808     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541682     Document Type: Article

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