Building Potemkin schools: Science curriculum reform in a STEM school

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 659-678

  Teo, Tang Wee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

inquiry based reform; Potemkin schools; science curriculum reform; STEM schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867256869     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2012.689356     Document Type: Article

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