Bureaucratic activism and radical school change in Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-50

  Niesz, Tricia ^a   Krishnamurthy, Ramchandar ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives   (India)

Author keywords

Activity Based Learning; Bureaucratic activism; India; School reform movements; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871981225     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-012-9194-1     Document Type: Article

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