Vygotsky and agency in language development

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-327

  Reunamo, Jyrki ^a   Nurmilaakso, Marja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

agency; language; pedagogy; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954538516     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13502930701679320     Document Type: Article

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