Helping providers to improve quality of day-care provision: Theories of education and learning

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-25

  Munton, Anthony G ^a   Mooney, Ann ^a   Rowland, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day care providers; Experiential learning; Quality; Self assessment; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043053546     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443961180102     Document Type: Article

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