Learning Within and Beyond the Classroom: Compulsory School Students Voicing Their Positive Experiences of School

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 555-570

  Backman, Ylva ^a   Alerby, Eva ^a   Bergmark, Ulrika ^a   Gardelli, Åsa ^a   Hertting, Krister ^a   Kostenius, Catrine ^a   Öhrling, Kerstin ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

compulsory education; educational environment; health promotion; learning; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866676701     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2011.621138     Document Type: Article

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