The discourse of classroom interaction in Kenyan primary schools

Comparative Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-106

  Pontefract, Caroline ^a   Hardman, Frank ^b  

^a AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 18344396772     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050060500073264     Document Type: Article

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