Practices of parental participation: A case study

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-153

  Hartas, Dimitra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advocacy models; Parental involvement; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449687376     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02667360802019206     Document Type: Article

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