Timescapes of Flexibility and Insecurity: Exploring the context of distance learners

Time & Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-82

  Raddon, Arwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distance learning; flexibility and job insecurity; gender; narrative methods; sociology of education; timescapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846967485     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X07074102     Document Type: Article

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