Contact, culture and context: Evidence from mixed faith schools in Northern Ireland and Israel

Comparative Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 493-516

  Donnelly, Caitlin ^a   Hughes, Joanne ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL RELATIONS; EDUCATION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; RELIGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751556036     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050060600988395     Document Type: Article

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