Relationships between the school-level and classroom-level environment in secondary schools in South Africa

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-144

  Aldridge, Jill ^a   Fraser, Barry ^a   Laugksch, Rüdiger ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Classroom level environment; Learning environment; Outcomes based education; School level environment; Science education; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955495792     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v31n1a407     Document Type: Article

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