Towards an education approach à la finlandaise? French education policy after PISA

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-43

  Dobbins, Michael ^a   Martens, Kerstin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

equality; France; OECD; PISA; secondary education; transnational governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855533928     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2011.622413     Document Type: Article

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