Teachers' perceptions of boys' and girls' shared activities in the school context: Towards a theory of collaborative play

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 391-409

  Hyvönen, Pirkko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Collaborative play; Gender; Playful learning environment (PLE); Pre primary and basic education

Indexed keywords

EID: 66449096843     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540600802571312     Document Type: Article

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