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Running in Quicksand

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Casuarina College* (pseudonym) could be any secondary school, located in an economically depressed rural or regional Australian community, although some schools may have fewer students whose parents are in the lowest SES group.

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  1. Faculty of Education, Latrobe University, Australia

    Caroline Walta

  2. Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Australia

    Kirsten Hutchison

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  1. Deakin University, Australia

    Kirsten Hutchison

  2. La Trobe University, Australia

    Tricia McCann

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Walta, C., Hutchison, K. (2015). Running in Quicksand. In: Hutchison, K., McCann, T. (eds) Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-133-5_6

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