Gender and professional career plans of high school students in comparative perspective

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-403

  Sikora, Joanna ^a   Saha, Lawrence J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative education; Gender; Occupational expectations; PISA; School students

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149185387     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610903087060     Document Type: Article

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