The exploration of new york city high school students’ global literacy

Multicultural Education and Technology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-67

  Hsu, Hui Yin ^a   Wang, Shiang Kwei ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Education; Globalization; Literacy; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906533683     PISSN: 1750497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17504971011034728     Document Type: Article

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