Destined for success? Educational biographies of academically able pupils

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-339

  Power, Sally ^a   Whiffy, Geoff ^a   Edwards, Tony ^b   Wigfall, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academically able; Educational biographies; Private education; University transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999223360     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152990140306     Document Type: Article

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