Educational research in Confucian cultural contexts: Reflections on methodology

Comparative Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-405

  Yang, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL TRADITION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; RESEARCH;

EID: 80051981719     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.589242     Document Type: Article

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