Parents' views on nursery education: Perceptions in context

International Studies in Sociology of Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-175

  Evans, Pauline ^a   Fuller, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85011190749     PISSN: 09620214     EISSN: 17475066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09620219900200041     Document Type: Article

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