Troubling cultural fault lines: Some indigenous Australian families' perspectives on the landscape of early childhood education

Mind, Culture, and Activity

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-204

  Fleer, Marilyn ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 61149171719     PISSN: 10749039     EISSN: 15327884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327884mca1303_3     Document Type: Article

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