Agents' social imagination: The 'invisible' hand of neoliberalism in Taiwan's curriculum reform

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-45

  Huang, Teng ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agency; Competition; Culture; Neoliberalism; Social imagination; Structure

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION REFORM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IDEOLOGY; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY APPROACH; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

TAIWAN;

EID: 80052903930     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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