The rhetoric and reality of play: Teachers’ thinking and classroom practice

Early Years

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 22-27

  Wood, Liz ^a   Bennett, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745218469     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0957514970170205     Document Type: Article

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