White working class achievement: An ethnographic study of barriers to learning in schools

Educational Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-264

  Demie, Feyisa ^a   Lewis, Kirstin ^a  

^a Research and Statistics Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to learning; Education; GCSE; Parental occupation; Raising achievement; White working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953093797     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2010.506341     Document Type: Article

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