Moving knowledge around: Strategies for fostering equity within educational systems

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-310

  Ainscow, Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contextual analysis; Educational equity; Networking and collaboration; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863459852     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-012-9182-5     Document Type: Article

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