Small rural primary schools in Finland: A pedagogically valuable part of the school network

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-116

  Kalaoja, Esko ^a   Pietarinen, Janne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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EID: 67349177102     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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