Difficulties of Hong Kong teachers' understanding and implementation of 'play' in the curriculum

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 857-869

  Cheng, Doris Pui Wah ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Early childhood teachers; Professional development; Reflection; Teacher knowledge; Theory and practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035594783     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(01)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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