Subject Choice and Occupational Aspirations among Pupils at Girls’ Schools

Pedagogy, Culture and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-442

  Francis, Becky ^a   Hutchings, Merryn ^a   Archer, Louise ^a   Amelling, Lindsay ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13244254361     PISSN: 14681366     EISSN: 17475104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681360300200182     Document Type: Article

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