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Investigating Estonian Teachers’ Expectations for the General Education Curriculum

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
Volume 16 (2014): Issue 2 (December 2014)
By: Piret Viirpalu,  Edgar Krull and  Rain Mikser  
Open Access
|Mar 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2014-0011 | Journal eISSN: 1691-5534 | Journal ISSN: 1691-4147
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Language: English
Page range: 54 - 70
Published on: Mar 11, 2015
Published by: Daugavpils University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Curriculum,
curriculum development,
teachers’ autonomy,
general education,
questionnaire
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Education,
Education, other

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