Earthquakes, cancer and cultures of fear: Qualifying as a Skills for Life teacher in an uncertain economic climate

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-454

  O'Leary, Matt ^a   Smith, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Further Education; managerialism; marketisation; professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865262807     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2012.710545     Document Type: Article

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