Early childhood education and care: Policy and practice

Early Childhood Education and Care: Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-191

  Clark, Margaret M ^a   Waller, Tim ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446214824     Document Type: Book

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