Building the future for remote indigenous students in Australia: An examination of future goals, motivation, learning and achievement in cultural context

Handbook on Psychology of Motivation: New Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 61-84

  McInerney, Dennis M ^a   Fasoli, Lyn ^b   Stephenson, Peter ^b   Herbert, Jeannie ^c  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BATCHELOR INSTITUTE OF INDIGENOUS TERTIARY EDUCATION   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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