Curricular quality and day-to-day learning activities in pre-school

International Journal of Early Years Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-65

  Sylva, Kathy ^a   Taggart, Brenda ^b   Siraj Blatchford, Iram ^b   Totsika, Vasiliki ^c   Ereky Stevens, Katharina ^a   Gilden, Rose ^a   Bell, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 50649116560     PISSN: 09669760     EISSN: 14698463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669760601106968     Document Type: Article

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