Taking children seriously: An alternative agenda for research?

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-149

  Brooker, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cultural diversity; listening to children; parent partnership; pedagogy of play

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959424346     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X10387897     Document Type: Article

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