A comparative analysis of international frameworks for 21 st century competences: Implications for national curriculum policies

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-321

  Voogt, Joke ^a   Roblin, Natalie Pareja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

21 st century competences; Assessment; Curriculum; Implementation; Knowledge society

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866840492     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2012.668938     Document Type: Article

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