Schools for the 21st century: The national debate on education in scotland

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 433-452

  Munn, Pamela ^a   Stead, Joan ^a   McLeod, Gale ^a   Brown, Jane ^a   McCluskey, Gillean ^a   Scott, Judith ^a   Pirrie, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comprehensive education; Education policy; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014887471     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152042000295465     Document Type: Article

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