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International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education
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‘You get some very archaic ideas of what teaching is … ’: primary school teachers’ perceptions of the barriers to physically active lessons

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Pages 308-321 | Received 03 Oct 2017, Accepted 01 Feb 2018, Published online: 15 Feb 2018

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