The literacy hour: A case for listening to children

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-200

  Hancock, Roger ^a   Mansfield, Melian ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Campaign for State Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children'S Rights; Literacy Hour; Pupil Consultations; Teacher PUPIL Collaboration; Teaching Assistants; Teaching Literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044292340     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585170210136840     Document Type: Article

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