The complexity and unpredictability of young people's learning careers

Education + Training

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 68-74

  Bloomer, Martin ^a   Hodkinson, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Career planning; Further education; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004207450     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910010331611     Document Type: Article

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