‘Boring and stressful’ or ‘ideal’ learning spaces? Pupils’ constructions of teaching and learning in chinese supplementary schools

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-497

  Archer, Louise ^a   Francis, Becky ^b   Mau, Ada ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese; Identity; Learner; Learning; Supplementary complementary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016601259     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520802584111     Document Type: Article

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