Contextualizing Teacher Autonomy in time and space: A model for comparing various forms of governing the teaching profession

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-80

  Wermke, Wieland ^a,b   Höstfält, Gabriella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

comparative education; curriculum evaluation; school governance; teacher; teacher autonomy; teacher professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891959332     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2013.812681     Document Type: Article

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