Understanding students' changing perceptions of their learning environments in four FE colleges in England

Educational Review

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-449

  Postlethwaite, Keith ^a   Maull, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36248986186     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910701619332     Document Type: Article

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