“Through the Looking Glass to a Parallel Dimension”: An Ethnography of a Mixed-Age Woodland Building Site (April 2012-May 2013)

Authors

  • Emily Charkin Institute of Education

Keywords:

Educational alternatives, progressive education, alternative education, Ethnography

Abstract

An ethnographic account of a woodland building site and how the adults and children worked and learned together there.

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Published

2013-07-31

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Other Contributions

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