Does gender matter? Male and female participation in social work classrooms

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-209

  Hyde, Chervl A ^a   Deal, Kathleen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Class participation; Gender differences; Professional development; Teaching strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047688444     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109903018002008     Document Type: Review

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