Children's 'funds of knowledge' and their real life activities: Two minority ethnic children learning in out-of-school contexts in the UK

Educational Review

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 435-449

  Andrews, Jane ^a   Yee, Wan Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845394427     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910600971909     Document Type: Review

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