Harnessing the forces of change: Educational transformation in Russia

Change Forces in Post-Communist Eastern Europe: Education in Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 13-33

  Polyzoi, Eleoussa ^a   Dneprov, Eduard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84867220962     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203426500     Document Type: Chapter

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