Dreams and expectations: Young people's expected and preferred futures and their significance for education

Futures

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-90

  Eckersley, Richard ^a  

^a Australian National University College of Health and Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; FUTURE PROSPECT; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032975274     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-3287(98)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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