Remaking the professional teacher: authority and curriculum reform

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 634-655

  Gerrard, Jessica ^a   Farrell, Lesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

curriculum reform; national curriculum; policy reform; teacher professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906334187     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2013.854410     Document Type: Article

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