Education policy borrowing and cultural scripts for teaching in China

Comparative Education

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 196-211

  Tan, Charlene ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT; TEACHING;

CHINA;

EID: 84926408830     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2014.966485     Document Type: Article

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