Parental disillusionment with school: Prevalence and relationship with demographic variables, and phase, size and location of school

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-204

  Westergård, Elsa ^a   Galloway, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disillusionment; Location; Parental; Phase; Size

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450215439     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031383042000198521     Document Type: Article

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