Light‐ness of being in the primary classroom: Inviting conversations of depth across educational communities

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-389

  Witte‐Townsend, Darlene L ^a   Hill, Anne E ^a  

^a LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Being; Community; Conversation; Core curriculum; Early literacy; Engagement; Knowing; Literacy development; NCLB; Pedagogy; Philosophy; Sensibility; Thinking; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249100586     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2006.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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