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Big change question—Taking into account mainstream economic and political trends, can/should school have a role in developing authentic critical thinking?

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    Mary Kalantzis & Bill Cope

  2. Common Ground Publishing, Melbourne, Australia

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Kalantzis, M., Cope, B. Big change question—Taking into account mainstream economic and political trends, can/should school have a role in developing authentic critical thinking?. J Educ Change 7, 209–214 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-006-9009-3

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