'A day in the life': Advancing a methodology for the cultural study of development and learning in early childhood

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-218

  Gillen, Julia ^a   Cameron, Catherine Ann ^b   Tapanya, Sombat ^c   Pinto, Giuliana ^d   Hancock, Roger ^a   Young, Susan ^e   Gamannossi, Beatrice Accorti ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Girls; Interpretive research; Methodology; Video

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649118537     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430500393763     Document Type: Article

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