Primary Class Size Reduction: How Policy Space, Physical Space, and Spatiality Shape What Happens in Real Schools

Leadership and Policy in Schools

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 344-364

  Bascia, Nina ^a   Faubert, Brenton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84865272913     PISSN: 15700763     EISSN: 17445043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15700763.2012.692430     Document Type: Article

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