Standards-based curricula in a denationalised conception of education: The case of Sweden

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 342-356

  Sundberg, Daniel ^a   Wahlström, Ninni ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84871559924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14749041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2012.11.3.342     Document Type: Article

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