EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Routledge International Companion to Education

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 575-601

  Olmsted, Patricia P ^a  

^a High Scope Educational Research Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 85096030868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203639061-44     Document Type: Chapter

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