Children's word play: Resisting and accommodating Confucian values in a Taiwanese kindergarten classroom

Sociology of Education

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-208

  Hadley, Kathryn Gold ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041743728     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3108465     Document Type: Review

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