Does curriculum matter?:Revisiting women's access and rights to education in the context of the UN Millennium Development Targets

Theory and Research in Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-99

  Yates, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

culture; curriculum; difference; rights; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996254442     PISSN: 14778785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477878506060684     Document Type: Article

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