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The Personalisation of Learning – Between Reality and Desideratum in the Romanian Education System

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Personalisation of Education in Contexts

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Individualisation and personalisation theories and politics impacted over time Romanian education in different ways. In fact, various sociologists (Sandu, 1999; Vlăsceanu, 2007; Zamfir, Bădescu, – Zamfir, 2000) maintain that there is a certain specific character of the personalisation and individualisation trends in the Romanian context.

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Horga, I. (2012). The Personalisation of Learning – Between Reality and Desideratum in the Romanian Education System. In: Personalisation of Education in Contexts. Comparative and International Education, vol 18. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-028-6_12

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