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“Some Things are Fair, Some Things are Not Fair, and Some Things are Not, Not Fair”: Young Children’s Experiences of ‘Unfairness’ in School

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Demetriou, H., Hopper, B. (2007). “Some Things are Fair, Some Things are Not Fair, and Some Things are Not, Not Fair”: Young Children’s Experiences of ‘Unfairness’ in School. In: Thiessen, D., Cook-Sather, A. (eds) International Handbook of Student Experience in Elementary and Secondary School. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3367-2_7

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