How schools cope with a new integrated subject for senior secondary students: An example from Hong Kong

Curriculum Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 23-32

  Lam, Chi Chung ^a   Chan, Jacqueline Kin Sang ^a  

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

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