Investing in children’s future: Cross-cultural perspectives and ideologies on parental involvement in education

Childhood

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-84

  Kremer Sadlik, Tamar ^a   Fatigante, Marilena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children s education; discourse; ethnography; ideology of childhood; parental involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922753533     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568213513307     Document Type: Article

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