Effects of school heads' and teachers' agreement with the curriculum reform on curriculum development progress and student learning in Hong Kong

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 453-473

  Cheung, Alan C K ^a   Wong, Ping Man ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Curriculum reform; Hong Kong; Learning; Student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959214904     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513541111146369     Document Type: Article

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