Being professional: accountability and authority in teachers’ responses to science curriculum reform

Studies in Science Education

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-120

  Ryder, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

curriculum reform; education policy; science curriculum; teacher professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927537662     PISSN: 03057267     EISSN: 19408412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057267.2014.1001629     Document Type: Article

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