The appropriateness of Western models of parent involvement in Calcutta, India. Part 1: Parents' views on teaching and child development

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 335-347

  Goldbart, J ^a   Mukherjee, S ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Developing country; Disability; Intervention; Parents; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARENTING; TEACHING;

EID: 0033194941     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.1999.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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