School-community links: Supporting learning in the middle years

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-18

  Hayesa, Debra ^a   Chodkiewiczb, Andrew ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disadvantage; Disengagement; Middle years; School community

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845425804     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520500445409     Document Type: Article

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