Teachers' perceptions of play fighting and real fighting in primary school

Educational Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-181

  Schåfer, Mechthild ^a   Smith, Peter K ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Fighting; Play; Rough and tumble

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001387612     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188960380205     Document Type: Article

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