Bringing politics into the nursery: early childhood education as a democratic practice

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-20

  Moss, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

citizenship; democratic practice; early childhood institutions; nursery; political practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066202162     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13502930601046620     Document Type: Article

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