Promoting identity exploration within the school curriculum: A design-based study in a Junior High literature lesson in Israel

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-205

  Sinai, Mirit ^a   Kaplan, Avi ^b   Flum, Hanoch ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploration; Identity formation; Intervention; Junior high; Literature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861478370     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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