"It's not all about grades": Accounting for gendered degree results in geography at Brunel University

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-178

  Smith, Fiona ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement; Femininity; Gender; Masculinity

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER ROLE; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3943076610     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309826042000242422     Document Type: Article

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