Ethnography in the kindergarten: Examining children's play experiences

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1225-1228

  Wyeth, Peta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Educational technology; Ethnography; Kindergarten education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CHILDREN; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ETHNOGRAPHY; KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33745838276     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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