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Part II: Pioneers and their Curriculum Programs

A potpourri of philosophical and child development research-based perspectives as a way forward for early childhood curricula and pedagogy: reconcilable schism or irreconcilable severance?

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Pages 1316-1329 | Received 11 Dec 2020, Accepted 29 Dec 2020, Published online: 17 Jan 2021

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