An introduction to qatar's primary and secondary education reform

Trajectories of Education in the Arab World: Legacies and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 226-246

  Brewer, Dominic J ^a   Goldman, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84918865596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203873755     Document Type: Chapter

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