Social class and educational achievement: Beyond ideology

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3-18

  Snook, Ivan ^a   O'neill, John ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disadvantage; Educational achievement; Inequality; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860573485     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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