Shades of Globalization in Three Early Childhood Settings: Views from India, South Africa, and Canada

Shades of Globalization in Three Early Childhood Settings: Views from India, South Africa, and Canada

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-160

  Cleghorn, Ailie ^a   Prochner, Larry ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1163/9789460911019     Document Type: Book

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