What comes after compulsory education? A followup study on parental expectations of their child's future education

Educational Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Räty, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Educational and gender differences; Educational expectations; Parents; Perception of abilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244488304     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690500415837     Document Type: Article

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