Differential recognition of children's cultural practices in middle primary literacy classrooms

Literacy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 127-136

  Nixon, Helen ^a   Comber, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cultural practices; Gender; Literacy; Longitudinal case studies; Low socioeconomic; Middle primary

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750326822     PISSN: 17414350     EISSN: 17414369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9345.2006.00443.x     Document Type: Review

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