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Teacher Emotional Support and School Engagement: The case of Physical Education Teachers and Students in a Prominent Local College

By: Joseph Lobo  
Open Access
|Mar 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2023-0005 | Journal eISSN: 1899-4849 | Journal ISSN: 2081-2221
Language: English
Page range: 57 - 66
Submitted on: Dec 6, 2022
Accepted on: Jan 30, 2023
Published on: Mar 11, 2023
Published by: Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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