Students experiencing and developing democratic citizenship through curriculum negotiation: The relevance of Garth Boomer’s approach

Curriculum Perspectives

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 15-27

  Bron, Jeroen ^a   Bovill, Catherine ^b   Veugelers, Wiel ^c  

^a Netherlands Institute for Curriculum Development (SLO)   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85012170667     PISSN: 01597868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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