Standards-based accountability: Reification, responsibility and the ethical subject

Teaching Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-412

  Kostogriz, Alex ^a   Doecke, Brenton ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ethics; professional responsibility; reification; standards based accountability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055174921     PISSN: 10476210     EISSN: 14701286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10476210.2011.587870     Document Type: Article

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