Caring teachers: Teacher-youth transactions to promote resilience

The Social Ecology of Resilience: A Handbook of Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 265-280

  Theron, Linda C ^a   Engelbrecht, Petra ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856458649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0586-3_21     Document Type: Chapter

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