"Great location, beautiful surroundings!" Making sense of information materials intended as guidance for school choice

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-187

  Johnsson, Mattias ^a   Lindgren, Joakim ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

School choice; School information material; School marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951276606     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313831003637956     Document Type: Article

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