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The legacy of Nicholas Hobbs: Research on education and human development in the public interest part I

Play, thought, and language

Jerome Bruner Professor, New School for Social Research, George Herbert Mead University, New York, New York
Pages 60-69 | Published online: 23 Dec 2010

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