'Playing safe': Undergraduate essay writing and the presentation of the student 'voice'

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 387-399

  Read, Barbara ^a   Francis, Becky ^b   Robson, Jocelyn ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035458219     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690124289     Document Type: Article

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