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ERIC Number: EJ678393
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
Early School Leaving and the Cultural Geography of High Schools.
Smyth, John; Hattam, Robert
British Educational Research Journal, v28 n3 p375-97 Jun 2002
States early school leaving is a protracted educational problem throughout the world. Examines early school leaving from the position of young Australians (n=209) who left school or were considering leaving. Provides tentative theorizing traversing aspects of the cultural geography of high school as partial explanation of what is occurring. (BT)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Human Geography, School Culture, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia