'My journey to school...': Foregrounding the meaning of school journeys and children's engagements and interactions in their everyday localities

Children's Geographies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-391

  Ross, Nicola J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Identity; Mobility; Neighbourhood; Photography; School journey

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749101259     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280701631833     Document Type: Article

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