Child-rearing: On government intervention and the discourse of experts

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 719-738

  Smeyers, Paul ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Child rearing; Discourse of experts; Educational research; Government intervention; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349105471     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2008.00465.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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