Constructing the child: Developmental discourses in school physical education

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-140

  Burrows, Lisette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Childhood; Developmental psychology; Poststructuralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038326883     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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