Teachers' attitudes and students' opposition. School misconduct as a reaction to teachers' diminished effort and affect

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 860-869

  Demanet, Jannick ^a   Van Houtte, Mieke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

School misconduct; Social control theory; Strain theory; Teacher expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861704818     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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