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‘Like schools’, educational ‘disadvantage’ and ‘thisness’

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Thomson, P. ‘Like schools’, educational ‘disadvantage’ and ‘thisness’. Aust. Educ. Res. 27, 157–172 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03219737

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