Learning versus education: Rethinking learning in anangu schools

Australian Journal of Indigenous Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-181

  Osborne, Sam ^a,b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anangu; remote Indigenous education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906727459     PISSN: 13260111     EISSN: 20497784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jie.2013.24     Document Type: Article

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