China's national curriculum reform in the global era

Curriculum Reform in China: Changes and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Yin, Hong Biao ^a   Lee, John Chi Kin ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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