Autonomy and responsibility as key values for the elaboration of rules of coexistence in the ESO

• Main Authors: Cruz Pérez Pérez, Victoria Vázquez Verdera, Inmaculada López-Francés
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2012-07-01
• Series: Education in the Knowledge Society
• Subjects: valores; normas; diálogo; participación; convivencia
• Online Access: http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/revistatesi/article/view/9010

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