Unpacking child-centredness: A history of meanings

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-234

  Chung, Shunah ^a,b   Walsh, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

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EID: 0001109781     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002202700182727     Document Type: Article

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