Mentoring is not for you!: Mentee voices on managing their mentoring experience

Improving Schools

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-52

  Russell, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

At risk; Girls; Inclusion; Pupil voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547122472     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: 14757583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480207073721     Document Type: Article

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