Lads, lasses and (new) labour: 14-16-year-old students' responses to the 'laddish behaviour and boys' underachievement' debate

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-371

  Francis, Becky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033196310     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425699995317     Document Type: Article

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