Past and present technocratic solutions to teaching literacy: Implications for New Zealand primary teachers and literacy programmes

Pedagogy, Culture and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 523-540

  Soler, Janet ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84937184730     PISSN: 14681366     EISSN: 17475104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681369900200073     Document Type: Article

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