A national Australian curriculum: In whose interests?

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-269

  Ditchburn, Geraldine ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian curriculum; hegemony; neo liberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866334607     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2012.711243     Document Type: Article

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