Subject Comparisons - A Scottish Perspective

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-189

  Sparkes, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346639589     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713688532     Document Type: Article

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