What makes for success? Current literacy practices and the impact of family and community on Pasifika children's literacy learning

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 61-84

  Parkhill, Faye ^a   Fletcher, Jo ^a   Fa'afoi, Amosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Literacy education; Participatory research; Pasifika; Primary children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645159623     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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