Teacher development and change in South Africa: A critique of the appropriateness of transfer of northern/western practice

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Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-192

  Johnson, Sally ^a   Hodges, Merle ^a   Monk, Martin ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

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EID: 85070129672     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713657456     Document Type: Article

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