Improvements in school climate associated with enhanced health and welfare services for students

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-256

  Anderson, Angelika ^a   Thomas, David R ^b   Moore, Dennis W ^a   Kool, Bridget ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged students; Ethnic diversity; Full service education; Healthy Community Schools Initiative (HCS); School climate; School improvement; Secondary schools; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949158039     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-008-9044-5     Document Type: Article

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