Starting School: Perspectives of Australian Children, Parents and Educators

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-189

  Dockett, Sue ^a   Perry, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian children; educators; parents; perspectives; starting school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993746156     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X04042976     Document Type: Article

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