Student agency in a high-power Confucian Heritage Culture school leaders and students as allies or enemies?

The study deals with the concept of student agency during education reform in a high-power Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) country with a view to exploring how student roles in student agency development are perceived by school leaders and students as well as what enables and constrains it from a s...

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Päätekijä: Dang, Minh-Tam
Muut tekijät: Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, Department of Education, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2023
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