Middle class working families' beliefs and engagement in children's extra-curricular activities: The social organization of children's futures

International Journal of Learning

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 633-656

  Gutiérrez, Kris D ^a   Izquierdo, Carolina ^b   Kremer Sadlik, Tamar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's development; Education; Family; Middle class; Personal success

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957292216     PISSN: 14479494     EISSN: 14479540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1447-9494/cgp/v17i03/46909     Document Type: Article

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