On the powers of powerful knowledge

Review of Education

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-250

  Young, Michael ^a   Muller, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 85179237537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20496613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rev3.3017     Document Type: Article

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