Geographies of family learning and aspirations of belonging

Children's Geographies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-109

  Wainwright, Emma ^a   Marandet, Elodie ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Belonging; Further education; Mothers; West london

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751494406     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2011.540442     Document Type: Article

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