Making meaning: Children's perspectives expressed through drawings

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-232

  Einarsdottir, Johanna ^a   Dockett, Sue ^b   Perry, Bob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's perspectives; Drawings; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949204939     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430802666999     Document Type: Article

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