Teaching Strategies: Teaching Respect, Responsibility, and Kindness through Dog Safety Lessons

Childhood Education

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-128

  Szecsi, Tunde ^a   Barbero, Maria ^a   Campo, Alyssa Del ^a   Toledo, Maria ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84858382559     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2011.10521458     Document Type: Article

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