School engagement and rights-respecting schools

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-51

  Covell, Katherine ^a  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children's rights; Primary pupils and school engagement; Pupil engagement; Rights based schools; School engagement; Self report measure of engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949525477     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: 14693577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057640903567021     Document Type: Article

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