Seeing education with one's own eyes and through PISA lenses: considerations of the reception of PISA in European countries

Discourse

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 638-646

  Carvalho, Luís Miguel ^a   Costa, Estela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Europe; mutual surveillance; OECD; PISA; policy tool; reference societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936771066     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2013.871449     Document Type: Article

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