'It felt like i was a black dot on white paper': Examining young former refugees' experience of entering Australian high schools

Australian Educational Researcher

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-137

  Uptin, Jonnell ^a   Wright, Jan ^a   Harwood, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Belong; Difference; Former refugee; High schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872807848     PISSN: 03116999     EISSN: 22105328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13384-012-0082-8     Document Type: Article

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