Staying engaged: The role of teachers and schools in keeping young people with health conditions engaged in education

Australian Educational Researcher

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-41

  Hopkins, Liza ^b,c   Green, Julie ^b,c,d   Henry, John ^a   Edwards, Brian ^a   Wong, Shanti ^a  

^a Royal Children's Hospital Education Institute ^*  (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Educational pathways; Engagement; Health conditions; Post compulsory education; Teachers; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894668410     PISSN: 03116999     EISSN: 22105328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13384-013-0096-x     Document Type: Article

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