National agendas in global times: curriculum reforms in Australia and the USA since the 1980s

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 609-630

  Savage, Glenn C ^a   O’Connor, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; curriculum; federalism; national reform; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933177846     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2014.969321     Document Type: Article

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