Children's views of teaching assistants in primary schools

Education 3-13

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-363

  Fraser, Clare ^a   Meadows, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's views; Teaching assistant

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953502366     PISSN: 03004279     EISSN: 14757575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004270701754219     Document Type: Article

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