Sexual development and education in early years: A study of attitudes of pre-school staff in Greece and Scotland

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-45

  Menmuir, Joan ^a   Kakavoulis, Alexandros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Early years; Greece; Scotland; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047161531     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443991490103     Document Type: Article

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