The schooling they need: Voicing student perspectives on their fourth year in senior high school

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-139

  Kirby, Dale ^a   Gardner, Morgan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fourth year students; Hermeneutic research; High school completion; Strength based research; Student voice; Youth voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955799462     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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