Who’s steering the ship? National curriculum reform and the re-shaping of Australian federalism

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 833-850

  Savage, Glenn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; curriculum; Education policy; federalism; intergovernmental relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978937977     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2016.1202452     Document Type: Article

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