Democracy or a command curriculum: Teaching literacy in England

Improving Schools

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 51-58

  Hunt, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993731466     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136548020100400307     Document Type: Article

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