Restrictive Safety or Unsafe Freedom? Norwegian ECEC Practitioners' Perceptions and Practices Concerning Children's Risky Play

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-101

  Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen ^a  

^a Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education   (Norway)

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EID: 84860771244     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575279.2011.621889     Document Type: Article

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