Improving the transfer to secondary school: How every child's voice can matter

Support for Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 176-182

  Ashton, Rebecca ^a  

^a BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inclusion; Pupil participation; Pupil voice; Student; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349195042     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2008.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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