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Enabling exemplary teaching: a framework of student engagement for students from low socio-economic backgrounds with implications for technology and literacy practices

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Pages 349-371 | Received 12 Nov 2013, Accepted 20 Mar 2015, Published online: 17 Jul 2015

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