A perfect match? Pupils’ and teachers’ views of the impact of matching educators and learners by gender

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-36

  Francis, Becky ^a   Skelton, Christine ^b   Carrington, Bruce ^c   Hutchings, Merryn ^d   Read, Barbara ^a   Hall, Ian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Pupils; Role models; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014302757     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520701692510     Document Type: Article

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