Are schools meeting their clients' expectations? Parents voice their perceptions about children learning to read in schools today

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-446

  Fletcher, Jo ^a   Greenwood, Janinka ^a   Parkhill, Faye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Home school relationships; Parents' views; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349098017     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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