The impossibility of minority ethnic educational 'success'? An examination of the discourses of teachers and pupils in British secondary schools

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-107

  Archer, Louise ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 47249129898     PISSN: 14749041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2008.7.1.89     Document Type: Article

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