Teacher receptivity to system-wide curriculum reform in the initiation stage: A Chinese perspective

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 423-432

  Ma, Yun peng ^a   Yin, Hong biao ^b   Tang, Li fang ^a   Liu, Li yan ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Curriculum reform; Mainland china; Teacher receptivity; The initiation stage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874133702     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-009-9029-9     Document Type: Article

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