University as vocational education: Working-class students' expectations for university

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-149

  Lehmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Educational dispositions; Habitus; Higher education; Instrumentalism; Knowledge economy; Working class students

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249180199     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690802700164     Document Type: Article

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