Primary teaching as a career choice: The views of male and female sixth-form students

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-197

  Johnston, John ^a   McKeown, Eamonn ^a   McEwen, Alex ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Gender; Gendering; Primary; Sixth formers; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009539021     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152990140207     Document Type: Article

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