‘we don't learn democracy, we live it!’: Consulting the pupil voice in Scottish schools

Education, Citizenship and Social Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-266

  Maitles, Henry ^a   Deuchar, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

citizenship; consultation; learning; participation; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993725140     PISSN: 17461979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1746197906068123     Document Type: Article

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