Shades of disengagement: High school dropouts speak out

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-42

  Lessard, Anne ^a   Butler Kisber, Lynn ^b   Fortin, Laurier ^a   Marcotte, Diane ^c   Potvin, Pierre ^d   Royer, Égide ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

High school; Qualitative methodology; School dropout

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049146130     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-007-9033-z     Document Type: Article

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