Three approaches from Europe: Waldorf, Montessori, and Reggio Emilia

Early Childhood Research and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Edwards, Carolyn Pope ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

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