Parents' perceptions of their children's schools: Findings from a five-year longitudinal study

Educational Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-351

  Räty, Hannu ^a   Kasanen, Kati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Educational and gender differences; Educational policy; First school years; Parental perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548329772     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690701423275     Document Type: Article

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