Teaching democracy – a complex object of learning

International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-299

  Holmqvist Olander, Mona ^a   Sandberg, Birte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complex object of learning; Democratic literacy; Learning study; Variation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941945124     PISSN: 20468253     EISSN: 20468261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJLLS-01-2013-0005     Document Type: Article

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