Decolonizing family literacy in a culture circle: Reinventing the family literacy educator's role

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-94

  Reyes, Loui V ^a   Torres, Myriam N ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childcare and development; Childcare training programs; Early childhood literacy; Family literacy; Relative children care

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249145455     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: 17412919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798407074837     Document Type: Article

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