Five-year-olds’ perceptions of why we go to school

Children and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-127

  Sherman, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002213034     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1997.tb00017.x     Document Type: Article

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