Developmentally appropriate practice and a national literacy strategy

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-69

  Fisher, Ros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literacy teaching; Primary education; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034424189     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.00133     Document Type: Article

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