Growing Up With Technology: Young Children Learning in a Digital World

Growing Up With Technology: Young Children Learning in a Digital World

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-175

  Plowman, Lydia ^a   Stephen, Christine ^a   McPake, Joanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203863619     Document Type: Book

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