Acting up or opting out? Truancy in Irish secondary schools
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Acting Up or Opting Out? Truancy in Irish Secondary Schools
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عنوان ژورنال: Educational Review
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0013-1911,1465-3397
DOI: 10.1080/00131910802393399