Possible selves: Students orientating themselves towards the future through extracurricular activity

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-246

  Stevenson, Jacqueline ^a   Clegg, Sue ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952415464     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920903540672     Document Type: Article

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