African-American women’s decisions to become teachers: Sociocultural perspectives

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-290

  Mc cray, Audrey D ^a   Sindelar, Paul T ^b   Kilgore, Karen K ^b   Neal, Lavonne I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009578480     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518390210122845     Document Type: Article

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