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Learning, Media and Technology Volume 44, 2019 - Issue 1: The Datafication of Education
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Datafied at four: the role of data in the ‘schoolification’ of early childhood education in England

Alice BradburyUCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 7-21 | Received 27 Mar 2018, Accepted 09 Aug 2018, Published online: 10 Sep 2018

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