Talk, texts, and educational action: An institutional ethnography of policy in practice

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-255

  Nichols, Naomi ^a   Griffith, Alison I ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountability; Governance; Parents; Policy; Politics of education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883634783     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: 14693577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057640902902286     Document Type: Article

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