Educational quality differences in a middle-income country: the urban-rural gap in Malaysian primary schools

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-18

  Othman, Mariam ^a   Muijs, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

developing countries; educational quality; school location

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874175116     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2012.691425     Document Type: Article

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