Truancy in secondary school pupils: Prevalence, trajectories and pupil perspectives

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-484

  Attwood, Gaynor ^a   Croll, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational outcomes; Pupil disaffection; Secondary education; Truancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749175833     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520600942446     Document Type: Article

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