Discourses about reading among seven- and eight-year-old children in classroom pedagogic cultures

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-252

  Davis, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural models; Discourses about reading; Primary school; School mix; Sociocultural

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349031537     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: 17412919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798407079288     Document Type: Article

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