Elementary curriculum about conflict resolution: Can children handle global politics?

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-69

  Bickmore, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0007291896     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: 21631654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.1999.10505869     Document Type: Article

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