Developmental psychology and the relevance of a critical metatheoretical reflection

Human Development

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 195-210

  Teo, Thomas ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical theory; Developmental theory; Epistemology; Feminism; Metatheory; Philosophy of knowledge; Postmodernism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347075282     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000278723     Document Type: Article

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