Reforming Learning Concepts, Issues and Practice in the Asia-Pacific Region /

In the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, various reform initiatives, policies and programmes have been carried out in different countries within the Asia-Pacific region. All these reform efforts aim to restructure different aspects of schooling in order to promote learning and to prepare stud...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ng, Chi-hung. (Editor), Renshaw, Peter D. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
Series:Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ; 5
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