It's time to wake up and stem the decline in spiritual well-being in Victorian schools

International Journal of Children's Spirituality

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-177

  Fisher, John W ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Spiritual well being; Teachers' views

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650296813     PISSN: 1364436X     EISSN: 14698455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13644360701467469     Document Type: Article

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