Learning in the home and at school: How working class children 'succeed against the odds'

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-482

  Siraj Blatchford, Iram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952469599     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920902989201     Document Type: Article

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