Early childhood education in zimbabwe: Recent trends and prospects

Early Education and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-352

  Cleghorn, Ailie ^a   Prochner, Larry ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 84903276726     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15566935eed0803_8     Document Type: Article

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