Teaching in rural and remote schools: A literature review

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Yarrow, Allan ^a   Ballantyne, Roy ^a   Hansford, Brian ^a   Herschell, Paul ^a   Millwater, Jan ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 0033249080     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(98)00036-5     Document Type: Review

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