Policy options for Turkey: a critique of the interpretation and utilization of PISA results in Turkey

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Gür, Bekir S ^a   Çelik, Zafer ^b   Özoǧlu, Murat ^c  

^a KARABUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

critical analysis; OECD; PISA; Turkish education policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855507954     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2011.595509     Document Type: Article

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