Can students within higher education learn to be resilient and, educationally speaking, does it matter?

Educational Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-264

  Walker, Caroline ^a   Gleaves, Alan ^a   Grey, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Higher education; Learning; Resilience; Retention; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746788526     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690600631184     Document Type: Article

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