Learner-Centred Perspectives in School Curricula and Teacher Education: The Impact of John Dewey's Visit to Turkey in the Early Republican Era

2022-11-01
Gökalp, Gökçe
Yıldırım, Ali

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G. Gökalp and A. Yıldırım, Learner-Centred Perspectives in School Curricula and Teacher Education: The Impact of John Dewey’s Visit to Turkey in the Early Republican Era. 2022.