Do teachers recognise complaints from parents, and if not, why not?

Evaluation and Research in Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-178

  Westergård, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

parents' complaints; school climate; teacher pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958062194     PISSN: 09500790     EISSN: 17477514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/eri412.0     Document Type: Article

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