Interactions, intersections and improvisations: Studying the multimodal texts and classroom talk of six- to seven-year-olds

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-210

  Pahl, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom ethnography; Creativity; Model making; Multimodality; Talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949157360     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: 17412919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798409105586     Document Type: Article

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