Northern youth under the siege of educational policy change: Comparing youth's educational opinions in Finland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and Australia

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-323

  Aro, Mikko ^a   Rinne, Risto ^a   Kivirauma, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Education; Opinions; Welfare States; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449728981     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031383022000005698     Document Type: Article

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