Creative tensions? Creativity and basic skills in recent educational policy

English in Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 5-18

  Hall, Christine ^a   Thomson, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Curriculum; Enjoyment; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009419897     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2005.tb00621.x     Document Type: Article

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