Toward a most thorough understanding of the world: Sexual orientation and early childhood education

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 271-293

  Casper, Virginia ^a   Cuffaro, Harriet K ^a   Schultz, Steven ^a   Silin, Jonathan G ^a   Wickens, Elaine ^a  

^a Bank Street College of Education ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0030553386     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.66.2.h44831447873261p     Document Type: Article

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