Child development in cultural contexts: Implications of cultural psychology for early childhood teacher education

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-243

  Lee, Kyunghwa ^a   Johnson, Amy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Critical theory; Cultural psychology; Culture; Developmental psychology; Developmental theory; Early childhood education

Indexed keywords

EID: 35449001283     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-007-0202-7     Document Type: Article

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