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8 - Understanding the Ecologies of Human Learning and the Challenge for Education Science

from Part I - Cognitive Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2017

By
Carol D. Lee
Edited by
Nancy Budwig ,
Elliot Turiel  and
Philip David Zelazo
Nancy Budwig
Affiliation:
Clark University, Massachusetts
Elliot Turiel
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Philip David Zelazo
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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New Perspectives on Human Development , pp. 123 - 142
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Print publication year: 2017

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