Climbing over the rocks in the road to student engagement and learning in a challenging high school in Australia

Educational Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-295

  Smyth, John ^a   Fasoli, Lyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b BATCHELOR INSTITUTE OF INDIGENOUS TERTIARY EDUCATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disadvantage; Relational power; Relationships; Student engagement; Student centred learning; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548288108     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880701550565     Document Type: Article

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