Working-class families and the new secondary education

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-250

  Connell, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family attitudes; Parents; Secondary education; Social class; Vocational education; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242382520     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410304700304     Document Type: Review

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