Pedagogy: The silent partner in early years learning

Early Years

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-28

  Stephen, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agenda for early years research; Early years settings; Pedagogy; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959435161     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09575140903402881     Document Type: Article

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