Demanding and resisting vocational education: A comparative study of schools in rural and urban China

Comparative Education

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 242-259

  Hansen, Mette Halskov ^a   Woronov, T E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84877585142     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2012.733848     Document Type: Article

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