The meaning of social climate of learning environments: Some reasons why we do not care enough about it

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-104

  Allodi, Mara W ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Educational research; Interpersonal relationships; Learning environment; Social climate; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953911646     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-010-9072-9     Document Type: Article

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