Taking school contexts more seriously: The social justice challenge

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 308-328

  Thrupp, Martin ^a   Lupton, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational research; School context; School performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747479550     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2006.00348.x     Document Type: Review

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