Building on the positive in children's lives: a co-participatory study on the social construction of children's sense of agency

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-229

  Kumpulainen, Kristiina ^a   Lipponen, Lasse ^a   Hilppö, Jaakko ^a   Mikkola, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

'children as co researchers' methodology; agency; social interaction; socio cultural approach; socio emotional well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889238898     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2013.778253     Document Type: Article

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