Opportunities missed and/or thwarted? ‘Funds of knowledge’ meet the English national curriculum

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-103

  Thomson, Pat ^a   Hall, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community; family; knowledge; national curriculum; place

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925690852     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585170802079488     Document Type: Article

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