Journal of Advances in Education Research
Education in Fictional Dystopian Societies: The Case of Veronica Roth’s “Divergent”
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- Sofia Stefanopoulou*
Faculty of Primary Education, School of Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece - Christos-Thomas Kechagias
Faculty of Primary Education, School of Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece - Konstantinos D. Malafantis
Faculty of Primary Education, School of Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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