Respecting children's agency for learning and rights to participation in child care programs

International Journal of Early Childhood

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 49-60

  Berthelsen, Donna ^a   Brownlee, Joanne ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child care; Child care workers; Children; Children's learning; Participation rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846786436     PISSN: 00207187     EISSN: 18784658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03168345     Document Type: Article

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