Familiar Voices: Using Ebonics Communication Techniques in the Primary Classroom

Urban Education

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 688-707

  Bohn, Anita Perna ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black education; Culturally responsive pedagogy; Early childhood; Ebonics; Multicultural education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242275407     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085903257315     Document Type: Article

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