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How do students’ accounts of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees?

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How do students’ accounts of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees? / Ashwin, Paul; Abbas, Andrea; McLean, Monica.
In: Higher Education, Vol. 67, No. 2, 02.2014, p. 219-234.

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Ashwin, P, Abbas, A & McLean, M 2014, 'How do students’ accounts of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees?', Higher Education, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 219-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-013-9659-z

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Ashwin, P., Abbas, A., & McLean, M. (2014). How do students’ accounts of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees? Higher Education, 67(2), 219-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-013-9659-z

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Ashwin P, Abbas A, McLean M. How do students’ accounts of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees? Higher Education. 2014 Feb;67(2):219-234. Epub 2013 Sept 4. doi: 10.1007/s10734-013-9659-z

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Ashwin, Paul ; Abbas, Andrea ; McLean, Monica. / How do students’ accounts of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees?. In: Higher Education. 2014 ; Vol. 67, No. 2. pp. 219-234.

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