Social class, ability and choice of subject in secondary and tertiary education in Britain

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-62

  Van De Werfhorst, Herman G ^a   Sullivan, Alice ^b   Cheung, Sin Yi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037299746     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192032000057366     Document Type: Article

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