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Gibbs, D., Mullins, T., O’Sullivan, KA. (2005). Reinventing English: Text Lists and Curriculum Change in Ireland and Australia. In: Zajda, J., et al. International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2960-8_35

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