‘Don’t enter – It’s dangerous’: Negotiations for power and exclusion in pre-school girls’ play interactions

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 9-18

  Evaldsson, Ann Carita ^a   Tellgren, Britt ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

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EID: 81355143944     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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