Identity formation in educational settings: A contextualized view of theory and research in practice

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 240-245

  Flum, Hanoch ^a   Kaplan, Avi ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational context; Identity exploration; Identity formation; Learning process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861483486     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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