ANT on the PISA Trail: Following the statistical pursuit of certainty

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 76-93

  Gorur, Radhika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Evidence based policy making; PISA

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957977593     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2009.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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