Understanding early childhood : issues and controversies / Helen Penn.

"Understanding Early Childhood is a comprehensive textbook which offers broad and insightful perspectives across a range of themes on the ways in which we understand and study young children. Engaging and clear, it provides students with a user-friendly introduction to a number of difficult con...

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Main Author: Penn, Helen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2014.
Edition:Third edition.
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