Horses in the sandpit: Photography, prolonged involvement and 'stepping back' as strategies for listening to children's voices

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-141

  Stephenson, Alison ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Children's voices; Ethnographic research; Photography; Research with young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949218824     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430802667047     Document Type: Article

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