Creating contexts for talk: The influence of school-based creative arts projects on children’s language

English in Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 44-56

  Safford, Kimberly ^a   Barrs, Myra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Literacy in Primary Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creative arts; Creativity; Language; Literacy; Oracy; Project based learning; Speaking and listening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865724461     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2007.tb00816.x     Document Type: Article

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