On reassessing the relevance of the child development knowledge base to education

Human Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 235-245

  Zimiles, Herbert ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development knowledge base; Clinical observation; Postmodernity; Research hegemony; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042493277     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022682     Document Type: Article

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